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History made while more still to be fulfilled in Africa Francis Payne - 23 October 2000
History is made at Benoni! It took 358 games and 117 players - a leg-spinner in the New Zealand one-day team. Auckland's Brooke Walker became the first leg-spinner to play a One-Day International for New Zealand when he played in the second match of the series against South Africa at Willowmoore Park. The seventh bowler used by Stephen Fleming, he bowled eight overs, taking 0-30 in the home team's total of 197/4. Walker toured England with New Zealand in 1999 and again with New Zealand 'A' in 2000. Some one-day figures for Walker:
While the New Zealand team was making history in the ICC KnockOut final, Geoff Allott was creating a record of his own.
His one wicket in the match (Robin Singh) was his 50th in One-Day Internationals. Allott reached the mark in just his 28th game, quite easily the quickest by a New Zealand bowler. Chris Pringle held the previous record having taken 33 games to capture 50 wickets. The New Zealand bowlers to reach this target in least number of games are:
(India's Ajit Agarkar took only 23 matches to reach the 50 wicket mark)
Last week we examined the one-day international batting exploits of Roger Twose. In the table of the 16 players who had averaged over 40 in one-dayers (minimum 1000 runs) eagle-eyed readers would have spotted something unique about Twose's record - he was the only player without a hundred. Indeed, all the others on the list had at least two to their credit.
Here is the list of players who have scored most runs in One-Day Internationals without the aid of a century.
Not surprisingly, the list is headed by a bowling all-rounder with a lot of matches to his name and contains several wicket-keepers. What is interesting is that the highest placed specialist batsman on the list is another New Zealander. Andrew Jones, who had a fine record in both One-Day Internationals and Shell Cup domestic one-day games, failed to reach three-figures in either - a total of 151 matches.
One piece of history still waiting to be achieved is New Zealand's first ever win in a One-Day International in South Africa. In eight games so far New Zealand has lost to South Africa (three times), Pakistan (twice) and Sri Lanka. Two matches (against Sri Lanka and South Africa) have ended in no results.
New Zealand and South Africa have now met in 23 one-dayers, although the current series is just the second time they have met head-to-head. South Africa leads 13-7 with three no results. The full breakdown is:
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