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Full name Douglas Erwin Bollinger
Born July 24, 1981, Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
Current age 27 years 37 days
Major teams Australia,New South Wales,Worcestershire
Nickname Eagle
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Left-arm fast
Height
1.92 m
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
BF
SR
100
50
4s
6s
Ct
St
First-class
43
50
23
202
31*
7.48
0
0
13
0
List A
43
14
8
42
7*
7.00
65
64.61
0
0
8
0
Twenty20
7
1
0
5
5
5.00
5
100.00
0
0
1
0
0
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
First-class
43
7583
4225
133
6/63
31.76
3.34
57.0
7
7
2
List A
43
2071
1667
52
4/24
4/24
32.05
4.82
39.8
2
0
0
Twenty20
7
6
108
208
4
2/26
2/26
52.00
11.55
27.0
0
0
0
Career statistics
First-class debut
2002/03
Last First-class
New South Wales v Victoria at Sydney, Feb 15-18, 2008 scorecard
List A debut
2002/03
Last List A
New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 23, 2008 scorecard
Twenty20 debut
New South Wales v Queensland at Sydney, Jan 8, 2006 scorecard
Last Twenty20
New South Wales v Western Australia at Sydney, Jan 10, 2008 scorecard
Profile
Last season was a summer of change for Doug Bollinger. He finished 2007-08 with his initial Cricket Australia contract, his first position in an Australia touring party, a new wife and a fresh head of hair. Just as he was preparing to depart on his honeymoon, Bollinger received word that he was a late addition to the Test squad to tour the West Indies in May 2008. He was unlucky not to be in the original group after topping the Pura Cup wicket tally with 45 at 15.44, an especially good return considering he missed the last three games of New South Wales' successful campaign with a broken foot. He had been instrumental in getting the Blues to the decider, grabbing 12 wickets in an innings victory over Tasmania and picking up ten victims in a win against Western Australia.
The previous season had been Bollinger's breakthrough summer in the Pura Cup as he became the Blues' second leading wicket-taker with 37 victims at 28.37. That season finished with 5 for 73 in the first innings of the final against Tasmania, which was his first Pura Cup five-wicket haul, and his success helped him earn a contract at Worcestershire for 2007. A left-arm fast bowler who mixes sharp pace with a consistent line and length, Bollinger has progressed over the past few seasons from steady workhorse to dangerous new-ball option. He spent the 2006 winter at the Academy and the previous summer had made his name in the FR Cup with 15 one-day wickets at 20.33. Bollinger has Australia A experience but his most famous day came against South Australia in 2004-05 when he became the fourth man in Australia's one-day domestic history to claim a hat-trick.
Cricinfo staff April 2008
