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Shaun Pollock
South Africa
Personal information
Full name	Shaun Maclean Pollock
Born	16 July 1973 (1973-07-16) (age 34)
	Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
Role	All-rounder
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right arm fast-medium
International information
Test debut (cap 261)	November 16, 1995: v England
Last Test	January 10, 2008: v West Indies
ODI debut (cap 39)	January 9, 1996: v England
Last ODI	3 February 2008: v West Indies
ODI shirt no.	7
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992/93-2003/04	KwaZulu-Natal
1996-2002	Warwickshire
2004/05	Dolphins
2008	IPL
Career statistics
	Tests	ODIs	FC	LA
Matches	108	303	186	434
Runs scored	3781	3519	7023	5476
Batting average	32.31	26.45	33.12	26.71
100s/50s	2/16	1/14	6/35	3/24
Top score	111	130	150*	134*
Balls bowled	24353	15712	39067	21528
Wickets	421	393	667	573
Bowling average	23.11	24.50	23.25	22.84
5 wickets in innings	16	5	22	7
10 wickets in match	1	n/a	2	n/a
Best bowling	7/87	6/35	7/33	6/21
Catches/stumpings	72/-	108/-	132/-	153/-
As of February 04, 2008 Source: Cricinfo

Shaun Maclean Pollock (born July 16, 1973 in Port Elizabeth) is a retired South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. 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 also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003. Having both taken over 400 test wickets and scored over 3,700 test runs in his 107 test matches as of 2007,^[1] On January 11, 2008 he announced his retirement from all forms of international cricket after his 303rd One Day International on February 3.^[2]

Contents 1 Career 2 Career highlights 3 Rankings 4 Personal life 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Career

Shaun Pollock was a medium-fast seam bowler, with the ability to deliver a quicker ball with accuracy and swing. He is considered to be one of the straightest bowlers in world cricket.^{[citation needed]}

The nephew of legendary South African cricketer Graeme Pollock and the son of former South African fast bowler Peter Pollock, expectations from him werehigh since he started playing for South Africa in 1995/96, in their home series against England.^{[citation needed]} He cemented his place in the team with some excellent performances and found a steady bowling partner in Allan Donald. They were to be the mainstay of South African bowling till Donald's retirement.^{[citation needed]}

Pollock was also a very useful hard-hitting batsman who normally bats at 7 or 8, with a Test average of over 30 and ODI average above 25. He is also an athletic fielder.^{[citation needed]} After Hansie Cronje was banned from cricket for life, Pollock took over the captaincy in April 2000. He had the task of boosting the morale of the team in the aftermath of the match-fixing scandal. After getting off to a good start as a captain he faced some disappointing series losses in his tenure. He was eventually removed from the captaincy after South Africa's poor performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup, a tournament that they were amongst the favourites to win as the host nation. Graeme Smith took over the captaincy from him.

Although no longer captain, he retained his place in the team. Of late, especially after a disappointing Test series tour of Australia in 2005/2006, he has been facing criticism for losing his wicket taking ability. He has the lowest (best) economy rate of any bowler to have taken 300 ODI wickets,^[3] and he is also the first South African and only the tenth player to take 400 Test wickets. However, minor injuries have hampered his most recent performances,^{[citation needed]} and 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 February 3, 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."^[2] 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. Shaun Pollock is currently representing Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League."^[5]

[edit] Career highlights

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.^[6]

He is currently tenth on the all time Test Wicket takers list, and was named joint 10th in the all time best ever bowler ratings in the LG ICC Ratings.^[7] He has taken over 400 wickets and is one of only six players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches.

He has also performed impressively in One Day International, consistently from 1997 to 2001. The year 2002 saw a little performance dip after which he performed excellently up until 2005 after which there was a second dip.^{[citation needed]} Many said^[who?] that Pollock would not recover from this but he did, in fact he reached his career-best LG ICC Bowling Rating of 920 in February 2006 and it despite slight variation it remains at 920.^{[citation needed]} He now holds the 3rd highest rating ever, 3 points behind the New Zealand bowler Richard Hadlee.

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.^[8] The record would however not last long, MS Dhoni bettered it later in the series.

[edit] Rankings

Shaun Pollock's current ranking and (rating) in the Cricket ratings as determined by the International Cricket Council are as follows:

• Test Batting 54th (460) - career best 37th (565).
• Test Bowling 8th (702) - career best 1st (909).
• Test All-rounders 3rd (322) - career best 1st (489).
• ODI Batting 37th (557) - career best 34th (589).
• ODI Bowling 1st (863) - career best 1st (920)
• ODI All-rounders 1st (480) - career best 1st (496).

[edit] 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.^[9] 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.^[10] He is a teetotaler. ^[11] Pollock is a graduate of the University of Natal with a bachelor's degree in commerce. [1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Site
• Cricinfo: Player profile
• CricketArchive: Player profile
• Official Site - working

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

Shaun Pollock at the Cricket World Cup
v • d • e South Africa squad - 1996 Cricket World Cup 1 Cronje (c) • 2 Adams • 3 Cullinan • 4 de Villiers • 5 Donald • 6 Hudson • 7 Kallis • 8 Kirsten • 9 Matthews • 10 McMillan • 11 Palframan (wk) • 12 Pollock • 13 Rhodes • 14 Symcox
v • d • e South Africa squad - 1999 Cricket World Cup 1 Cronje (c) • 2 Benkenstein • 3 Boje • 4 Boucher (wk) • 5 Crookes • 6 Cullinan • 7 Dawson • 8 Donald • 9 Elworthy • 10 Gibbs • 11 Kallis • 12 Kirsten • 13 Klusener • 14 Pollock • 15 Rhodes Ntini was named in the original squad, but was replaced on 23 April 1999 by Dawson
v • d • e South Africa squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup 1 Pollock (c) • 2 Boucher • 3 Boje • 4 Dippenaar • 5 Donald • 6 Gibbs • 7 Hall • 8 Kallis • 9 Kirsten • 10 Klusener • 11 Langeveldt • 12 Ntini • 13 Peterson • 14 Rhodes • 15 Zondeki
v • d • e South Africa squad - 2007 Cricket World Cup 1 Bosman • 2 Boucher • 3 De Villiers • 4 Gibbs • 5 Hall • 6 Kallis • 7 Kemp • 8 Langeveldt • 9 Nel • 10 Ntini • 11 Peterson • 12 Pollock • 13 Prince • 14 Smith (c) • 15 Telemachus • Coach: Arthur

v • d • e Mumbai Indians – current squad 1 Jayasuriya • 7 Pollock • 10 Tendulkar (c) • 12 Takawale • 15 Tiwary • 16 Shah • 17 Thornely • 25 Nayar • 26 Fernando • 27 Rahane • 30 Kulkarni • 34 Ronchi • 47 Bravo • 64 Nehra • 77 Uthappa • 99 Malinga •  Bosman • 89 Nel •  Pandey •  Prince •  H.Singh • Coach Rajput

Shaun Pollock's career achievements
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v • d • e Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Triple' (3000 runs/300 wickets) in Test matches Sir Ian Botham 72 Tests • Sir Richard Hadlee 83 Tests • Imran Khan 75 Tests • Kapil Dev 83 Tests • Shaun Pollock 87 Tests • Shane Warne 142 Tests
v • d • e Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Double' (2000 runs/200 wickets) in Test matches  Wasim Akram 78 Tests •  Richie Benaud 60 Tests •  Ian Botham 42 Tests •  Chris Cairns 58 Tests •  Richard Hadlee 54 Tests •  Jacques Kallis 102 Tests •  Kapil Dev 50 Tests •  Imran Khan 50 Tests •  Anil Kumble 110 Tests •  Shaun Pollock 56 Tests •  Garfield Sobers 80 Tests •  Chaminda Vaas 82 Tests •  Daniel Vettori 69 Tests •  Shane Warne 100 Tests

Persondata
NAME	Pollock, Shaun Maclean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Pollock, Shaun
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Cricketer
DATE OF BIRTH	16 July 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH	Port Elizabeth, Cape Province, South Africa
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH