Doug Bollinger

Country: Australia
Date of Birth: July 24, 1981
Place of Birth: Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Batting Style: Left Handed
Bowling Style: Left-arm fast medium
Skill: Bowler
Teams Played: Australia, Chennai Super Kings, New South Wales Blues

Batting Performance

	M	Inn	No	Runs	HS	Avg	SR
Tests	12	14	7	54	21	7.71	33.96
ODI	39	8	2	50	30	8.33	92.59
T20s	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
IPL	21	3	3	18	16*	0	100

Bowling & Fielding Performance

	M	Overs	Runs	Mdns	Wkts	Avg	Best	Econ
Tests	12	400.1	1296	78	50	25.92	5/28	3.24
ODI	39	323.4	1482	28	62	23.9	5/35	4.58
T20s	2	8	59	0	2	29.5	1/23	7.38
IPL	21	78	536	3	29	18.48	4/13	6.87

Career Performance

	First Match	Last Match
Tests	January 3, 2009 v South Africa at Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney	December 3, 2010 v England at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
ODIs	April 24, 2009 v Pakistan at Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, Dubai	October 28, 2011 v South Africa at Kingsmead, Durban
T20s	October 13, 2011 v South Africa at Newlands, Cape Town	October 16, 2011 v South Africa at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
IPL	April 3, 2010 v Rajasthan Royals at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai	May 28, 2011 v Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

Profile

An injury to Ben Hilfenhaus forced the Australian selectors to dig into their deep pockets of fast-bowling talent and stop Doug Bollinger from going to his honeymoon, so as to include him in the squad to West Indies. He didn't get a game, but was kept in the radar for the Indian tour. He was part of the Australia A squad to India and turned out to be the most successful bowler in the first unofficial Test for his team.

The left-arm fast bowler has played in 45 First-class games for his 137 wickets, which had seven five-wicket hauls to punctuate. The last Pura Cup season for Bollinger brought him 45 wickets at an average of around 15. He was rewarded with a contract from Cricket Australia and from then on, it seems as if everything has happens in frenzied bursts of joy for Bollinger.

Injuries to Lee and Bracken forced 'Douggie' into the side and he straight-away burst with a five-wicket haul in his second ODI. Though he made his Test debut in early 2009, he came into prominence only during the home series against West Indies and Pakistan towards the end of the year. Known for carrying his emotions up his sleeve, he is for sure a show-stopper.