Allan Donald has become the ninth bowler and the first South African to take 200 wickets in Limited Overs International cricket. He has done so second quickest in terms of balls after Pakistan's Waqar Younis. In terms of matches however, Donald (117) has just about beaten Waqar (118). So, Donald has done it in the least number of matches now.

A bowling average of just over 20 and an economy rate of just over 4 runs per over make Donald one of the greatest of all times.

The following tables show Donald's performances.

Table (A) Record against each opponent

Vs   Mts  Balls Mdns Runs  Wkt Avge    BB    4  5  R/100  RpO  S/R     B/W

Ind   24  1333   21   898  42  21.38  5/ 29  0  1  67.37  4.03  99.10  31.74
Aus   26  1372    7   980  39  25.13  4/ 31  3  0  71.43  4.22 106.61  35.18
Eng   13   726    7   577  29  19.90  4/ 17  2  0  79.48  4.77 104.51  25.03
NZ    12   650   11   381  23  16.57  4/ 43  1  0  58.62  3.46  86.88  28.26
SL    10   489    4   309  17  18.18  3/ 42  0  0  63.19  3.68  91.95  28.76
Pak   11   560    9   391  14  27.93  3/ 25  0  0  69.82  4.12 109.82  40.00
Zim    8   404    5   242  14  17.28  4/ 37  2  0  59.90  3.60  89.70  28.85
WI     9   466    8   286  10  28.60  3/ 27  0  0  61.37  3.53 107.97  46.60
Ken    2   102    1    65   8   8.13  6/ 23  0  1  63.73  3.82  76.48  12.75
UAE    1    60    0    21   3   7.00  3/ 21  0  0  35.00  2.10  55.00  20.00
Hol    1    36    0    21   2  10.50  2/ 21  0  0  58.33  3.50  76.33  18.00

Home  40  2238   34  1511  61  24.77  4/ 37  3  0  67.52  4.05 104.20  36.69
Away  77  3960   39  2660 140  19.00  6/ 23  5  5  67.17  4.03  95.62  28.28

Tot  117  6198   73  4171 201  20.75  6/ 23  8  2  67.29  4.04  98.29  30.83


Table (B) Record in each season

Season  Mts Balls Mdns Runs  Wkt Avge    BB     4  5  R/100  RpO  S/R     B/W

1991-92  14   742    8   545  24  22.71  5/ 29  0  1  73.45  4.29 104.37  30.92
1992-93  13   774   20   435  16  27.19  3/ 27  0  0  56.20  3.37 104.58  48.38
1993-94  19   940    9   642  22  29.18  4/ 40  1  0  68.30  4.01 111.03  42.73
1994-95   4   204    3   150   5  30.00  3/ 25  0  0  73.53  4.41 114.33  40.80
1995-96  11   606    3   423  22  19.23  4/ 41  1  0  69.80  4.19  97.35  27.55
1996-97  26  1444   13  1016  58  17.52  6/ 23  3  1  70.36  4.16  95.26  24.90
1997-98  20   996   11   653  35  18.66  4/ 31  2  0  65.56  3.93  94.02  28.46
1998-99  10   492    6   307  19  16.15  4/ 17  1  0  62.39  3.69  88.57  25.89


Table (C) The milestones
 
Milestone Mts Balls Age    Period          Milestone reached

 50        38  2002 27/ 80  2/ 60    NZ  Brisbane              08 Jan 1994
100        64  3426 29/348  4/328    Ken Nairobi (1)           03 Oct 1996
150        89  4830 31/ 14  5/359    WI  Lahore                03 Nov 1997
200       117  6198 32/221  7/201    Zim Derby                 29 May 1999


Table (D) The point of 200 wickets

No  Player            Team Mts Bls   Age    Period      Milestone reached

 1 Waqar Younis      Pak  118  5886 26/113  6/147    Ind Bangalore     09 Mar 1996
 2 AA Donald         SA   117  6198 32/221  7/201    Zim Derby         29 May 1999
 3 Wasim Akram       Pak  145  7384 26/272  8/100    SL  Sharjah       02 Apr 1993
 4 CJ McDermott      Aus  136  7413 30/279 11/ 13    SL  Melbourne     18 Jan 1996
 5 J Srinath         Ind  147  7669 29/ 70  7/ 23    SL  Sharjah       09 Nov 1998
 6 CEL Ambrose       WI   146  7805 33/258  9/ 87    SL  Port-of-Spain 06 Jun 1997
 7 A Kumble          Ind  147  7927 27/344  8/155    Zim Bulawayo (2)  26 Sep 1998
 8 Kapil Dev         Ind  166  8375 32/289 13/ 22    WI  Sharjah       22 Oct 1991
 9 CA Walsh          WI   180  9496 35/ 43 12/337    Pak Sharjah       12 Dec 1997

Contributed by: Atul Kahate (akahate@yahoo.com)