O'Donnell. However O'Donnell retained the captaincy. His batting form was better that summer, scoring centuries against the touring Sri Lanka side and Tasmania. He kept his place in the Australian side for the one day tournament at the end of the summer. He won man of the match against Sri Lanka scoring 57 and taking 4–36. Other highlights of the summer included 3–36 against Sri Lanka. O'Donnell toured New Zealand with the one day side, taking 5–13 in a game against New Zealand. He later made 52 in another game. He also toured with Australia on a trip to Sharjah. In a game against Sri Lanka, O'Donnell scored 74 off 29 balls, making his 50 in 18 balls – the fastest one day 50 at that time. 1990–91: International Cricketer of the Year and Sheffield Shield Champions O'Donnell continued to play strongly for the Australian one-day team throughout the 1990–91 summer. Highlights included 4–45 against England, and 71 against England He over took Dennis Lillee as Australia's leading ODI wicket-taker and there was talk he might go to the West Indies as a limited over specialist. He was not selected but did win the International Cricketer of the Year Award despite playing no tests. He also led Victoria to the Sheffield Shield when they defeated New South Wales in the final. O'Donnell said after the match: It's definitely the hardest game of cricket I've ever played. The World Cup was difficult, if not more difficult, but you knew it was all going to be over in a day. This just took turn after turn after turn over the four days' duration, plus your rained out day – it was a real tough game of cricket to play for every body. In 1991 he scored 71 off 45 balls in a one-day game for Victoria against Essex. 1991–92 O'Donnell was selected in Australia's one day side for 1991–92 but had to withdraw due to an dislocated shoulder. He played for Victoria as a batsman only for a few games. Despite his injury he was named in Australia's preliminary 20 man squad for the 1992 World Cup. He suffered a poor run of form, scoring 124 runs at an average of 12 with the bat, and only bowling gently medium pace. He was not picked for the final 14 man World Cup squad. O'Donnell responded with a quickfire 87 against South Australia