| Personal information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Steven Charles Pope | |||
| Born | 15 November 1972 East London, Cape Province, South Africa |
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| Batting style | Right-handed | |||
| Bowling style | Leg break | |||
| Role | Occasional wicketkeeper | |||
| Domestic team information | ||||
| Years | Team | |||
| 2003/04 | Eastern Cape | |||
| 2004/05-2005/06 | Warriors | |||
| 2000-2003 | Cornwall | |||
| 1999 | Huntingdonshire | |||
| 1995/96-2005/06 | Border | |||
| 1995/96 | Border B | |||
| 1993/94-1994/95 | Eastern Province | |||
| 1992/93-1994/95 | Eastern Province B | |||
| Career statistics | ||||
| Competition | FC | LA | T20 | |
| Matches | 109 | 106 | 12 | |
| Runs scored | 5,958 | 2,660 | 116 | |
| Batting average | 32.91 | 31.29 | 12.88 | |
| 100s/50s | 12/27 | –/21 | –/– | |
| Top score | 156* | 98* | 34 | |
| Balls bowled | 2,525 | 1,306 | 21 | |
| Wickets | 48 | 29 | 1 | |
| Bowling average | 31.27 | 33.55 | 27.00 | |
| 5 wickets in innings | 2 | – | – | |
| 10 wickets in match | – | – | – | |
| Best bowling | 7/62 | 4/38 | 1/19 | |
| Catches/stumpings | 81/2 | 43/3 | 4/– | |
| Source: Cricinfo, 15 September 2010 | ||||
Steven Charles Pope (born 15 November 1972) is a former South African cricketer. Pope was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and occasionally played as a wicketkeeper. Pope was born at East London, Cape Province.
In a career that lasted 14 seasons, he represented Eastern Cape, Border, Border B, Warriors, Huntingdonshire, Cornwall, Eastern Province and Eastern Province B.[1]
Something of a journeyman within South Africa, Pope did play 9 List-A matches for Cornwall, where his family originate, and one for Huntingdonshire[2] in English county cricket. In his 14 year career, he forged a successful, if inconsistent first-class career. He played 93 first-class matches, where he scored 5,958 runs at a batting average of 32.91, with 27 half centuries and 12 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 156*.[3] With the ball he took 48 wickets at a bowling average of 31.27, with 2 five wicket hauls and best figures of 7/62.[4] In List-A cricket, he played a total of 106 matches, where he scored 2,660 runs at an average of 31.29. In the process, he made 21 half centuries, but no centuries, with a high score of 98*.[5] He also took 29 wickets in List-A cricket, at a bowling average of 22.55 apiece, with best figures of 4/38.[6]
Toward the end of his career, Twenty20 cricket was introduced, with Pope playing 6 matches each in the format for Eastern Cape and later Warriors. In his 12 matches he scored 116 runs at an average of 12.88, with a high score of 34.[7]
His father Charles Pope played first-class and List-A cricket for Border. His uncle Ken McEwan also played first-class and List-A cricket.
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