Paul Collingwood, by scoring an unbeaten 112 and returning the figures of 6-31 against Bangladesh at Trent Bridge, became the first player in one-day international history to score a hundred and take six wickets in the same match.
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West Indian Viv Richards held the record of best all-round performance in a match for more than 18 years before Collingwood came up with his grand double. Seven other players have managed to score a hundred besides taking four wickets in a match. Here-under is the complete list:
| Player | Runs | Wkts | Ct | For | Vs | Venue | Date |
| PD Collingwood | 112* | 6/31 | 1 | Eng | Ban | Trent Bridge | 21-06-2005 |
| IVA Richards | 119 | 5/41 | 0 | WI | NZ | Dunedin | 18-03-1987 |
| NJ Astle | 117 | 4/43 | 0 | NZ | Pak | Mohali | 09-05-1997 |
| SR Tendulkar | 141 | 4/38 | 1 | Ind | Aus | Dhaka | 28-10-1998 |
| SC Ganguly | 130* | 4/21 | 0 | Ind | SL | Nagpur | 22-03-1999 |
| ST Jayasuriya | 122 | 4/39 | 0 | SL | Aus | Sydney | 09-01-2003 |
| JF Kloppenburg | 121 | 4/42 | 0 | Net | Nam | Bloemfontein | 03-03-2003 |
| CH Gayle | 112* | 4/24 | 0 | WI | Zim | Harare | 30-11-2003 |
| Shoaib Malik | 118 | 4/19 | 0 | Pak | HK | Colombo SSC | 18-07-2004 |
Collingwood just missed the chance to record the fastest hundred for England, but his figures of 6 for 31 were good enough to remove Mark Ealham from the top of the best bowling performances list (see below) for England.
| Bowler | Wkts | Runs | Balls | Vs | Venue | Date |
| PD Collingwood | 6 | 31 | 60 | Ban | Trent Bridge | 21-06-2005 |
| MA Ealham | 5 | 15 | 60 | Zim | Kimberley | 30-01-2000 |
| VJ Marks | 5 | 20 | 60 | NZ | Wellington | 22-02-1984 |
| C White | 5 | 21 | 60 | Zim | Bulawayo QSC | 18-02-2000 |
| RC Irani | 5 | 26 | 42 | Ind | The Oval | 09-07-2002 |
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