Shaun Pollock

Shaun Pollock
Personal information
Full name Shaun Maclean Pollock
Born (1973-07-16) 16 July 1973
Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Nickname Polly
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right arm fast-medium
Role All-rounder
Relations AM Pollock (grandfather)
PM Pollock (father)
RG Pollock (uncle)
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 261) 16 November 1995 v England
Last Test 10 January 2008 v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 39) 9 January 1996 v England
Last ODI 3 February 2008 v West Indies
ODI shirt no. 7
T20I debut (cap 10) 21 October 2005 v New Zealand
Last T20I 18 January 2008 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1992/93–2003/04 KwaZulu-Natal
1996–2002 Warwickshire
2004/05 Dolphins
2008 Mumbai Indians
2008 Durham
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI T20I LA
Matches 108 303 12 435
Runs scored 3,781 3,519 86 5,494
Batting average 32.31 26.45 12.28 26.66
100s/50s 2/16 1/14 0/0 3/24
Top score 111 130 36* 134*
Balls bowled 24,353 15,712 21,588
Wickets 421 393 15 573
Bowling average 23.11 24.50 20.60 22.93
5 wickets in innings 16 5 0 7
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 0 n/a
Best bowling 7/87 6/35 3/28 6/21
Catches/stumpings 72/– 108/– 2/– 153/–
Source: CricketArchive, 20 September 2016

Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS (born 16 July 1973) is a former South African cricketer and a former captain of all formats. A genuine bowling all-rounder, Pollock along with Allan Donald formed a formidable bowling partnership for many years. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003.

On 11 January 2008 he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after his 303rd One Day International on 3 February.[1] He attended Northwood School in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.

International career

Prominence

He is joint 10th in the all-time best ever bowler ratings in the LG ICC Ratings,[2] and has taken over 400 wickets and at the time of his retirement was one of only six players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches.

In June 2007 he represented an Africa XI in an ODI game against an Asia XI in Bangalore. Playing as a specialist batsman, Pollock scored 130 from number 7 in the batting order, the highest ever score by an ODI batsman in that position.[3] The record would however not last long, MS Dhoni bettered it later in the series.

He is the joint leading wicket taker for South Africa in Tests along with Dale Steyn (421), taking over 400 test wickets and scoring over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches.[4][5]

Captaincy

Shaun Pollock was a bowling all-rounder. After Hansie Cronje was banned from cricket for life, Pollock took over the captaincy in April 2000. He was eventually removed from the captaincy after South Africa's performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Pollock has just clipped Dominic Cork through mid-wicket during the 1st Test between England and South Africa in 1998 at Trent Bridge

Although no longer captain, he retained his place in the team. After a disappointing Test series tour of Australia in 2005/2006, he faced criticism for losing his wicket taking ability. He has the lowest (best) economy rate of any bowler to have taken 300 ODI wickets,[6] and he is also the first South African and only the tenth player to take 400 Test wickets. In September 2007 he was dropped from the South African test side for the first time in his career.[4] Pollock was later readded to the test series against the West Indies, whereupon he announced his retirement, effective on 3 February 2008. He stated that "I realise I have been blessed by God and feel I have nurtured my talents to the best of my abilities."[1] After South Africa sealed a series victory against the West Indies, Graeme Smith paid tribute to Pollock, stating "It's very important that people celebrate what he's given to South African cricket and what he's achieved as an individual."[7] Shaun Pollock later represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, and Durham Dynamos in the 2008 Twenty20 Cup in England.

Domestic career

Pollock took four wickets in four balls on his first appearance for Warwickshire – in a limited-overs (B&H Cup) game v Leicestershire at Birmingham in 1996. He also recently received the SA Player's Player award and the SA ODI Player of the Year Award.[8]

A graph showing Pollock's test career bowling statistics and how they have varied over time.

In Summer 2008 he played for Durham County Cricket Club in the North East of England and along with fellow South African Albie Morkel was used mainly in the Twenty20 Cup competition.

Of the 18 players who have bowled at least 2,000 balls for South Africa in ODIs, Pollock's economy rate of 3.65 runs per over was the second best behind that of Fanie de Villiers.[9]

Records

  • Shaun Pollock has the record for scoring the most number of test centuries when batting at number 9 position (2) and in fact, he's the only player to score 2 test centuries when batting at number 9 position.[10]
  • He also holds the record for playing the most number of ODI innings before scoring a century (189).[11]
  • Shaun Pollock also holds the record for becoming the first test captain to be stranded or to be remained unbeaten on 99 in a test innings.[12][13]
  • He too holds the record for taking the most number of ODI wickets when playing at home soil (193).[14]

Rankings

Shaun Pollock's career-best ranking and rating in the cricket ratings as determined by the International Cricket Council are as follows:

  • Test Batting 37th (565).
  • Test Bowling 1st (909).
  • Test All-rounders 1st (489).
  • ODI Batting 34th (589).
  • ODI Bowling 1st (920)
  • ODI All-rounders best 1st (496).

Personal life

Pollock comes from a family of mainly Scottish ancestry. His paternal grandfather, Andrew Pollock, who played for Orange Free State, was born in Edinburgh.[15] He is married to Patricia "Trish" Lauderdale and has two daughters, Jemma and Georgia. Jemma was born in August 2003, and Georgia in July 2006. Lauderdale was a finalist in the Miss South Africa pageant in the early '90s and also worked for MTN, a South African telecom company.[16] He is a teetotaller and a devout Christian.[17][18] Pollock is a graduate of the University of Natal with a bachelor's degree in commerce.

International record

Test 5 Wicket hauls

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYear
15/325 EnglandNewlands Cricket GroundCape TownSouth Africa1996
25/3713 PakistanIqbal StadiumFaisalabadPakistan1997
37/8716 AustraliaAdelaide OvalAdelaideAustralia1998
46/5018 PakistanKingsmead Cricket GroundDurbanSouth Africa1998
55/5325 EnglandHeadingley Cricket GroundLeedsEngland1998
65/5426 West IndiesNew Wanderers StadiumJohannesburgSouth Africa1998
75/4327 West IndiesSt George's ParkPort ElizabethSouth Africa1998
85/8328 West IndiesKingsmead Cricket GroundDurbanSouth Africa1998
95/3333 New ZealandBasin ReserveWellingtonNew Zealand1999
105/3934 ZimbabweMangaung OvalBloemfonteinSouth Africa1999
116/3050 Sri LankaNewlands Cricket GroundCape TownSouth Africa2001
125/2856 West IndiesSabina ParkKingstonJamaica2001
136/5659 IndiaMangaung OvalBloemfonteinSouth Africa2001
145/4060 IndiaSt George's ParkPort ElizabethSouth Africa2001
156/3973 EnglandTrent BridgeNottinghamEngland2003
166/7876 PakistanIqbal StadiumFaisalabadPakistan2003

Test 10 Wicket hauls

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYear
110/14759 IndiaMangaung OvalBloemfonteinSouth Africa2001

ODI 5 Wicket hauls

#FiguresMatchOpponentVenueCityCountryYear
16/3559 IndiaBuffalo ParkEast LondonSouth Africa1999
25/3679 AustraliaEdgbaston Cricket GroundBirminghamEngland1999
35/2090 EnglandNew Wanderers StadiumJohannesburgSouth Africa2000
45/37138 IndiaSuperSport ParkCenturionSouth Africa2001
55/23274 PakistanNew Wanderers StadiumJohannesburgSouth Africa2007

International centuries

Test centuries

Shaun Pollock's Test centuries
#RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueStart DateResult
111151 Sri LankaSouth Africa Centurion, South AfricaSuperSport Park20 January 2001Won
2106*54 West IndiesBarbados Bridgetown, BarbadosKensington Oval29 March 2001Drawn

One Day International centuries

Shaun Pollock's One Day International centuries
#RunsMatchAgainstCity/CountryVenueDateResult
1130285ACC Asia XIIndia Bangalore, IndiaM. Chinnaswamy Stadium6 June 2007Lost

International awards

One Day International Cricket

Man of the Match awards

S No Opponent Venue Date Match Performance Result
1 England Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town 9 January 1996 66* (66 balls: 6x4) ; 9.5-0-34-4, 1 Ct.  South Africa won by 6 runs.[19]
2 England New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 13 January 1996 10-2-31-3 ; 18* (29 balls: 1x4)  South Africa won by 3 wickets.[20]
3 Australia Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 5 April 1997 10-1-33-4 ; 41* (37 balls: 1x4, 1x6)  Australia won by 15 runs.[21]
4 Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 2 November 1997 15 (21 balls: 1x4) ; 10-2-49-4  South Africa won by 9 runs.[22]
5 New Zealand Kallang Ground, Kallang 25 August 2000 9-1-24-3 ; DNB  South Africa won by 8 wickets.[23]
6 Kenya Willowmoore Park, Benoni 7 October 2001 10-1-19-2, 1 ct. ; DNB  South Africa won by 7 wickets.[24]
7 India Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban 26 October 2001 9-1-19-2, 2 Ct. ; 0* (4 balls)  South Africa won by 6 wickets.[25]
8 Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne 13 January 2002 9-1-25-3, 1 Ct. ; 5* (4 balls: 1x4)  South Africa won by 4 wickets.[26]
9 Bangladesh De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley 9 October 2002 9-3-24-4, 1 Ct. ; DNB  South Africa won by 7 wickets.[27]
10 Sri Lanka New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg 27 November 2002 8.4-2-18-4 ; DNB  South Africa won by 6 wickets.[28]
11 Sri Lanka Mangaung Oval, Bloemfontein 6 December 2002 10-4-23-2, 1 ct. ; DNB  South Africa won by 6 wickets.[29]
12 Pakistan Buffalo Park, East London 13 December 2002 32* (48 balls: 2x4) ; 8-3-23-3  South Africa won by 62 runs.[30]
13 Bangladesh Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka 17 April 2003 38* (20 balls: 2x4, 2x6) ; 7-2-17-3  South Africa won by 93 runs.[31]
14 Australia Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane 15 January 2006 10-2-30-3 ; DNB  South Africa won by 5 wickets.[32]
15 Sri Lanka Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad 24 October 2006 21* (17 balls: 1x6) 10-0-21-2, 1 ct.  South Africa won by 78 runs.[33]
16 India SuperSport Park, Centurion 3 December 2006 10-4-17-2, 1 Ct. ; DNB  South Africa won by 9 wickets.[34]

References

  1. 1 2 Pollock announces his retirement BBC News retrieved 11 January 2008
  2. ↑ LG ICC Best-Ever Test Bowling Ratings
  3. ↑ "Records – One-Day Internationals – Most runs in an innings (by batting position)". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  4. 1 2 Pollock dropped by South Africa BBC News retrieved 29 September 2007
  5. ↑ "Steyn ties Pollock atop all-time SA wicket-taker list". Sport24. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  6. ↑ "Records – One-Day Internationals – Most wickets in career". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 16 July 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  7. ↑ Smith salutes legendary Pollock BBC News retrieved 12 January 2007
  8. ↑ Pollock is SA's player of the year (2007)
  9. ↑ "Records / South Africa / One-Day Internationals / Best economy rates". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2011-11-24.
  10. ↑ "Most test centuries at each batting positions". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-03-24.
  11. ↑ "HowSTAT! ODI Cricket - Most Innings before First Century". www.howstat.com. Retrieved 2017-03-28.
  12. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  13. ↑ "Stranded on 99, and stranded on four". www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2017-05-04.
  14. ↑ "Most wickets taken by a bowler in ODI matches played at home soil". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2017-08-14.
  15. ↑ "Players and Officials – Andrew Pollock". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  16. ↑ "Pollock in doubt for Sri Lanka". News24.com. 8 June 2006. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2007.
  17. ↑ "Cricinfo Quote Unquote – Gibbs reveals the failure to get teetotaler Pollock to break the habit". Cricinfo.com. 2008-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-10.
  18. ↑ Personal Information on Shaun Pollock
  19. ↑ "1995-1996 South Africa v England - 1st Match - Cape Town".
  20. ↑ "1995-1996 South Africa v England - 3rd Match - Johannesburg".
  21. ↑ "1996-1997 South Africa v Australia - 4th Match - Durban".
  22. ↑ "1997-1998 Wills Quadrangular Tournament - 2nd Match - Pakistan v South Africa - Lahore".
  23. ↑ "2000-2001 Godrej Singapore Challenge - 3rd Match - New Zealand v South Africa - Singapore".
  24. ↑ "2001-2002 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament - 2nd Match - South Africa v Kenya - Benoni".
  25. ↑ "2001-2002 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament - Final - South Africa v India - Durban".
  26. ↑ "2001-2002 VB Series - 2nd Match - Australia v South Africa - Melbourne".
  27. ↑ "2002-2003 South Africa v Bangladesh - 3rd Match - Kimberley".
  28. ↑ "2002-2003 South Africa v Sri Lanka - 1st Match - Johannesburg".
  29. ↑ "2002-2003 South Africa v Sri Lanka - 5th Match - Bloemfontein".
  30. ↑ "2002-2003 South Africa v Pakistan - 3rd Match - East London".
  31. ↑ "2002-2003 TVS Cup - 5th Match - Bangladesh v South Africa - Dhaka (Dacca)".
  32. ↑ "2005-2006 VB Series - 2nd Match - Australia v South Africa - Brisbane".
  33. ↑ "2006-2007 ICC Champions Trophy - 7th Match - South Africa v Sri Lanka - Ahmedabad".
  34. ↑ "2006-2007 South Africa v India - 5th Match - Centurion".
Preceded by
Hansie Cronje		 South African Test cricket captain
2000/1–2001/2		 Succeeded by
Mark Boucher
Preceded by
Mark Boucher		 South African Test cricket captain
2001/2–2002/3		 Succeeded by
Graeme Smith
Preceded by
Hansie Cronje		 South African ODI cricket captain
2000–2005		 Succeeded by
Graeme Smith
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