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Shaun Pollock

Full name:	Shaun Maclean Pollock
Born:	16th July 1973, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Batting:	Right-hand batsman
Bowling:	Right-arm fast-medium
Relations:	Cousin: AG Pollock; Cousin: GA Pollock; Father: PM Pollock; Grandfather: AM Pollock; Great-uncle: R Howden; Uncle: RG Pollock
Teams:	South Africa (Test: 1995/96-2007/08); South Africa (ODI: 1995/96-2007/08); African XI (ODI: 2005/06-2007); ICC World XI (ODI: 2005/06); South Africa (Int Twenty20: 2005/06-2007/08); Natal B (Main FC: 1991/92); Natal (Main FC: 1992/93-1997/98); Warwickshire (Main FC: 1996-2002); KwaZulu-Natal (Main FC: 1998/99-2003/04); Dolphins (Main FC: 2004/05-2007/08); Natal (Main ListA: 1992/93-1996/97); Warwickshire (Main ListA: 1996-2002); KwaZulu-Natal (Main ListA: 1998/99-2003/04); Dolphins (Main ListA: 2006/07); Durham (Main ListA: 2008); Dolphins (Main Twenty20: 2003/04-2004/05); Durham (Main Twenty20: 2008); All teams
South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year: 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003
Indian Cricket Cricketer of the Year: 1999
Wisden Cricketer of the Year: 2003
Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles:	Punjab scrape through to the semi-finals in a last ball thriller
	வீழ்ந்தது கொல்கத்தா... வென்றது மும்பை...
	Pollock, Tendulkar, Jayasuriya combine to thrash the Knight Riders
	Sanath smashes superb century, Mumbai maul the Super Kings
	List of all articles
Pictures:	Shaun Pollock receives Man of the Match cheque
	Shaun Pollock declares Man of the Match & helps South Africa to level the series 2-2
	Shaun Pollock celebrates the wicket of Shahid Afridi
	Kamran Akmal is bowled by Pollock
	List of all pictures

His father is Peter Pollock, his uncle is Graeme Pollock and with this sort of pedigree it was always on the cards that Shaun Pollock would be a fine international cricketer. But even the most optimistic supporter would not have bargained for the outstanding record that he has run up in both Tests and ODIs. He is probably just a few matches away from becoming only the second player in Test history – after India’s Kapil Dev – to notch up the double of 4000 runs and 400 wickets. He takes his place among South Africa’s greatest all-rounders but the enduring image of Pollock will always be his nagging bowling – that stump to stump line, the bowling in the corridor of uncertainty just outside the off stump that leaves the best of batsmen in considerable doubt. Perhaps the straightest contemporary bowler Pollock’s strike rate is phenomenal for a bowler of his pace. Over the last couple of years he has lost a yard of two in pace but none of his accuracy and he has always remained the ultimate ``you miss I hit’’ bowler as even the most technically equipped batsmen have discovered. As a batsman Pollock remains a fluent striker of the ball and loves to hit the ball high and hard particularly in the slog overs and boasts of a strike rate of almost 86 in ODIs. Naturally enough he remains one of the hardest bowlers to score off in limited overs cricket. Thrust into the captaincy after Hansie Cronje was sacked following the match fixing controversy in 2000 Pollock made an impressive start but a 3-0 whitewash in Australia in 2001-02 blunted his reputation and he was removed from the top post after South Africa’s unexpected early exit from the 2003 World Cup.
Profile DateLine: 20th February 2007

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	108	156	39	3781	111	32.31	2	16	52.52	72

Test Career Bowling (1995/96-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
South Africa	24353	1222	9733	421	7-87	23.11	16	1	57.84	2.39

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1991/92-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	186	267	55	7021	150*	33.11	6	35	132

First-Class Career Bowling (1991/92-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	39067	1977	15508	667	7-33	23.25	22	2	58.57	2.38

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	294	196	70	3193	90	25.34	0	13	85.58	104
ICC World XI	3	3	0	28	15	9.33	0	0	50.90	1
African XI	6	6	2	298	130	74.50	1	1	109.55	3
Overall	303	205	72	3519	130	26.45	1	14	86.71	108

One-Day International Career Bowling (1995/96-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
South Africa	15430	308	9409	387	6-35	24.31	12	5	39.87	3.65
ICC World XI	150	1	148	2	1-32	74.00	0	0	75.00	5.92
African XI	132	4	74	4	3-32	18.50	0	0	33.00	3.36
Overall	15712	313	9631	393	6-35	24.50	12	5	39.97	3.67

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1992/93-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	435	297	91	5494	134*	26.66	3	24	153

One-Day Career Bowling (1992/93-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	21588	418	13141	573	6-21	22.93	18	7	37.67	3.65

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2005/06-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
South Africa	12	9	2	86	36*	12.28	0	0	122.85	2

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2005/06-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
South Africa	243	1	309	15	3-28	20.60	0	0	16.20	7.62

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2003/04-2008)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	45	33	7	554	59	21.30	0	1	141.32	9

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2003/04-2008)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	919	4	980	45	3-12	21.77	0	0	20.42	6.39