Doug Bollinger

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Douglas Erwin Bollinger (born July 24, 1981, Baulkham Hills, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian cricketer who currently plays first-class cricket for the New South Wales Blues and Fairfield - Liverpool and Worcestershire County cricket clubs. He is a left-handed batsman and a left-arm fast bowler.

The left-armer debuted for New South Wales in 2002/03 and has been touted by some New South Welshmen as a future Australian international bowling prospect. In the 2004/05 season, in an ING Cup match against South Australia, he picked up a hat-trick in dismissing the Redbacks' brittle top order. Following this innings, he failed to live up to the hype heaped upon him and currently has a first-class average of 55.43 with the ball (as of October 25, 2006) from 19 matches.

He has, however, generated some form of success in the One-Day form of the game, taking 27 wickets at an average of 28.32 in 20 matches (also as of October 25, 2006)His good form has not gone unnoticed from the Australian selectors who named him in a 30 man squad for the ICC champions trophy tournament in India. Doug is one of a select group of up and coming young Australian cricketers who have spent time at the Commonwealth Bank Centre of Excellence honing their cricket skills to one day wear the Baggy Green.