Designated Wicket-Keepers Who Also Bowled in an ODI
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Designated wicket-keepers who also bowled in an ODI ow often do you get to see a MS DHONI (India) designated wicketkeeper MS Dhoni is the second captain to removes his gloves, pads and have kept wickets and bowling in an other protective gears in order ODI. Both the times, Dhoni did in an Hto roll his arms to do bowling in an ODI? ICC Champions Trophy match. First Certainly, that is among the rarest sight he did in a group match against West one gets to see in a cricket match and Indies during the 2009 edition of that too in ODIs. On that note, here we Champions Trophy at Johannesburg. present those wicketkeepers who He bowled two overs and cleaned up Travis Dowlin for 14. Second time he remove their protective gears in the did in the semi-final match of 2013 middle of the match and went to do Champions Trophy at Cardiff. This bowling from the other end. time, Dhoni doubled his quota of bowling as he bowled 4 overs but went wicketless after conceding 17 runs. Moreover, on both the occa- TATENDA TAIBU HASHAN TILLAKARATNE (Sri Lanka) sions, Dhoni did not get to bat. (Zimbabwe) Hashan Tillakaratne is the first cricketer to achieve this Zimbabwe’s Tatenda Taibu rare feat in ODIs. During the 3rd ODI against Zimbabwe is the first ever captain who at Harare in 1994, Tillakaratne was Sri Lanka’s wicket- kept wickets and did bowling keeper in that match but did not get to bat in the first DEVON THOMAS (West Indies) ANDREW HALL in an ODI. Moreover, he did innings of the match. However, he did get to bowl one Devon Thomas became the first Caribbean to do (South Africa) it twice in his career. Taibu over in the second innings despite being the designated so during the 2nd ODI against Bangladesh at Rose- South Africa’s did it first in the 1st ODI of wicketkeeper for Sri Lanka in that match. He gave away au in 2009. That was also his debut ODI in which Andrew Hall is the the series against Sri Lanka at only one run from his only over. he did not get to bat but he did impressed with ball only cricketer in this Bulawayo in 2004 after scor- in second innings. He did not inflict any dismissals list who was not pri- ing a brilliant 96 not out, kept with wicketkeeping gloves but scalped two big marily a wicketkeep- wickets in the second innings wickets in the form of Mushfiqur Rahim and Mah- er. Instead, he was and bowled 4 overs with 19 mudullah from just 1.1 overs with 11 runs from it. primarily a fast-bowl- runs from it without any wick- ing all-rounder who et. The second time Taibu did kept wickets in an in the same series in the 5th ODI after Mark ODI at Harare. This time Boucher injured him- Taibu kept wickets and then self. It was the 3rd bowled full quota of 10 overs, ODI of the series claiming two important wick- against Australia at Melbourne (Docklands), in which Hall first ets of Thilina Kandamby and opened the innings for South Africa, then kept wickets and bowled Upul Chandana, with one an over giving away 5 runs from it. He certainly proved himself that maiden and 42 runs from it. he is a full-fledged all-rounder on that day by donning wicketkeeping He also scored 26 with bat in job as well. the second innings. – SW.