Description
Allan Anthony Donald is a former South African cricketer and one of their most successful pace bowlers.
In his prime, he was one of the best fast bowlers ever seen in Test cricket, reaching the top of the ICC Test rankings in 1998 and peaked with a top ICC ranking of 895 points the next year, the 25th best ranking ever. In ODIs, he reached 794 points in 1998, second place to his teammate Shaun Pollock, the 28th best ranking ever. In the early 1990s, he was arguably the only world-class bowler in the South African team, until the emergence of Pollock, with whom he made a healthy new-ball partnership from the 1996/1997 tour of India until his retirement in 2002.
He made his Test debut on 18 April 1992 in South Africa's first test since their return to world sport after the abolition of apartheid. South Africa lost to the West Indies in Barbados by 52 runs, but Donald took 2?67 and 4?77, including the prized wicket of Brian Lara.
Known as 'White Lightning', he is remembered as a fearsome fast bowler, scowling and aggressive, with a circular white area of zinc cream across his cheeks and nose.
Born
October 20th, 1966 in Bloemfontein (Age 58)
Last Changes
2021/02/10
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))
2021/02/10
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))
2021/02/09
New Scanned Autograph (Bought/Probably Authentic (Certified/COA))