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Full name Shaun Maclean Pollock
Born July 16, 1973, Port Elizabeth, Cape Province
Current age 31 years 362 days
Major teams South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Natal, Warwickshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast-medium
Relations Grandfather - AM Pollock, Great-uncle - R Howden, Father -
PM Pollock, Uncle - RG Pollock, Cousin - AG Pollock, Cousin - GA
Pollock
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 94 132 32 3133 111 31.32 6245 50.16 2 13 333 27 65 0
ODIs 233 152 55 2336 75 24.08 2797 83.51 0 9 145 37 92 0
First-class 169 239 48 6275 150* 32.85 6 31 122 0
List A 361 240 73 4247 134* 25.43 2 19 134 0
Twenty-20 10 9 2 245 59 35.00 152 161.18 0 1 2 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 94 21314 8329 377 7/87 10/147 22.09 2.34 56.53 20 16 1
ODIs 233 12172 7655 317 6/35 6/35 24.14 3.77 38.39 11 4 0
First-class 169 35518 13948 616 7/33 22.64 2.35 57.65 22 2
List A 361 17856 11022 492 6/21 6/21 22.40 3.70 36.29 17 6 0
Twenty-20 10 186 176 6 2/10 2/10 29.33 5.67 31.00 0 0 0
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Test debut South Africa v England at Centurion - Nov 16-20, 1995
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Last Test West Indies v South Africa at St John's - Apr 29-May 3,
2005 scorecard
ODI debut South Africa v England at Cape Town - Jan 9, 1996
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Last ODI West Indies v South Africa at Port of Spain - May 15, 2005
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First-class span 1991/92 - 2004/05
List A span 1992/93 - 2004/05
Twenty-20 span 2003/04 - 2004/05
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2003
Considering the type of stuff floating around in his
gene pool, it would have been surprising if Shaun Pollock had not
been an international cricketer - and a very good one at that. Dad
Peter led the South African attack through the 1960s; uncle Graeme
was one of the finest, if not the finest, left-hander to play the
game. Shaun has bits of both in his makeup, but it is as an
immaculate, Hadlee-esque, line and length seamer that he has
established himself. At the start of his first-class career, though,
he was both slippery and aggressive and his Natal team-mates
delighted in totting up the number of batsmen he pinned match after
match. He was brought into the South African Test side against
Michael Atherton's England tourists in 1995/96 and although his
father was the convener of selectors, there was never a hint of
nepotism and the younger Pollock took quickly to the higher level.
In 1996 he had a spell with Warwickshire cut short because of an
ankle injury and missed the tour to India at the end of that year.
But he soon returned to resume his new-ball partnership with Allan
Donald and this pairing was the springboard of much of South
Africa's success during the latter half of the 1990s. Indeed, it is
possible to argue that the emergence of Pollock inspired Donald to
greater heights as the latter found himself with a partner who both
complemented and challenged him. Perhaps the straightest bowler in
world cricket, Pollock is able to move the ball both ways at a
lively pace. He also possesses stamina and courage in abundance as
in proved in Adelaide in 1998 when he toiled on hour after hour in
blazing heat to take seven for 87 in 41 overs on a perfect batting
pitch. If there is a criticism of Pollock, it is that he has
underperformed with the bat, but most Test teams would be perfectly
happy to have him in their side if he never scored a run. Pollock
was thrust into the captaincy in April when Hansie Cronje was
drummed out of the game, and he faced the biggest challenge of his
career - to lift a shocked and demoralised South African side.
However, after a solid start to his captaincy, he lost some
credibility after a 3-0 drubbing in Australia in 2001-02, and was
later blamed for South Africa's disastrous World Cup in which they
failed to qualify for the Super Sixes. As a result, Pollock
immediately lost the captaincy and was replaced by Graeme Smith
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