Shaun Pollock

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Shaun Pollock South Africa (SA)

Batting style	Right-handed batsman (RHB)
Bowling type	Right-arm Fast Medium (RFM)
	Tests	ODIs
Matches	100	259
Runs scored	3406	2805
Batting average	31.24	25.04
100s/50s	2/14	-/11
Top score	111	75
Balls bowled	22842	13486
Wickets	395	348
Bowling average	23.25	24.29
5 wickets in innings	16	4
10 wickets in match	1	N/A
Best bowling	7/87	6/35
Catches/stumpings	68/-	96/-
As of 9 August 2006 Source: Cricinfo.com

Shaun Maclean Pollock (born July 16, 1973 in Port Elizabeth) is a South African cricketer, more specifically a fast-medium bowler.

1 Cricketer
2 Personal life
3 References
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[edit] Cricketer

He is mainly considered a medium fast bowler but at times he can deliver a faster ball. His main weapons are his unwavering accuracy, reliability and his ability to make the ball swing both ways. He is also in command of a bouncer which rushes on to the batsman. He is also a very useful hard-hitting batsman who boasts more than acceptable (given that he is a #7 or #8 batsman) Test and ODI averages of 32.58 and 24.67 respectively (as of 18 Sep 2004). His fielding, both on the outfield and occasionally in the slip region, makes him all the more potent. When he was captain, no one in international cricket had more on his slate.

Even though rather successful as a captain, 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, especially considering it was hosted in their own country. He goes about his business quietly and perhaps surprisingly has not reached the cricketing status that Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath or even former South African bowler Allan Donald has, despite being his country's highest wicket taker in both ODIs and Tests.

He is the nephew of legendary South African cricketer Graeme Pollock and the son of former South African fast bowler, Peter Pollock. After a disappointing Test series tour of Australia in 2005/2006, there have been worries that Pollock, who has been South Africa's most prized bowler since the loss of Donald, is losing his sting in his bowling; however, at only 33, he still has a good few years left as a Test cricketer and is soon approaching becoming only the tenth player to take 400 Test wickets. However, minor injuries have hampered his most recent performances against series' facing Australia and New Zealand, both in South Africa.

During the recent Test series with New Zealand in which he struggled, the new ball was taken away from Pollock and given to Dale Steyn. Much talk has centered around whether or not Pollock can still contribute to the South African team.

Shaun Pollock recently received the SA Player's Player award and the SA ODI Player of the Year Award.

He is currently tenth on the all time Test Wicket takers list and has taken well over 300 ODI wickets.

Shaun Pollock was named 12th in the all time best ever bowler ratings in the LG ICC Ratings.

He is one of only 6 players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches. The other 5 being Ian Botham, Kapil Dev, Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan and Shane Warne.

[edit] Personal life

Shaun Pollock 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 [1].

Bowlers who have taken 300 ODI wickets
Wasim Akram (PAK) \| Anil Kumble (IND) \| Glenn McGrath (AUS) \| Shaun Pollock (SA) \| Javagal Srinath (IND) \| Chaminda Vaas (SL)

Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Triple' (3000 runs/300 wickets) in Test matches

Cricketers who have achieved the 'All-rounder's Double' (2000 runs/200 wickets) in Test matches

	South Africa squad - 2003 Cricket World Cup
1 Pollock \| 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