Shaun Pollock reaches 200 mark
When he claimed the wicket of Sri Lankan Nuwan Zoysa in the first innings of
the Durban Test, all-rounder Shaun Pollock became the second South African
after Allan Donald (308 wickets in 64 matches) and the 37th bowler in Test
history to capture 200 wickets.
Profile:Shaun Maclean POLLOCK
Born: Port Elizabeth, 16-7-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler
Teams: Natal. Also played for Warwickshire (in 1996)
First-class debut: 1991-92 (for Natal B)
Test debut: v England at Centurion, 1995-96
Best Test bowling (in an innings): 7-87 v Australia at Adelaide, 1997-98
Best Test bowling (in a match): 9-103 v West Indies at Johannesburg, 1998-99
200 TEST WICKETS FOR SHAUN POLLOCK |
|
M |
B |
Md |
R |
W |
Ave |
Best |
5wi |
10M |
SR |
R/o |
Australia |
5 |
1152 |
48 |
462 |
20 |
23.10 |
7/87 |
1 |
- |
57.60 |
2.41 |
England |
14 |
3324 |
185 |
1237 |
53 |
23.34 |
5/32 |
2 |
- |
62.72 |
2.23 |
India |
5 |
1015 |
52 |
364 |
19 |
19.16 |
4/24 |
- |
- |
53.42 |
2.15 |
New Zealand |
6 |
1461 |
96 |
449 |
25 |
17.96 |
5/33 |
1 |
- |
58.44 |
1.84 |
West Indies |
5 |
1184 |
44 |
483 |
29 |
16.66 |
5/43 |
3 |
- |
40.83 |
2.45 |
Sri Lanka |
6 |
1025 |
48 |
456 |
20 |
22.80 |
4/83 |
- |
- |
51.25 |
2.67 |
Pakistan |
2.61 |
1084 |
47 |
471 |
21 |
22.43 |
6/50 |
2 |
- |
51.62 |
2.61 |
Zimbabwe |
2 |
438 |
27 |
156 |
14 |
11.14 |
5/39 |
1 |
- |
31.29
|
2.14 |
TOTAL |
49 |
10683 |
547 |
4078 |
201 |
20.29 |
7/87 |
10 |
- |
53.15 |
2.29 |
His victims (most occasions):
Mike Atherton (Eng), Mark Butcher (Eng) and Darren Ganga (WI) - six
occasions.
His landmarks for:
50th wicket: v Australia Adeliade 1997-98 (16th Test)
100th wicket: v West Indies Johannesburg 1998-99 (26th Test)
150th wicket: v England Johannesburg 1999-00 (36th Test)
200th wicket: v Sri Lanka Durban 2000-01 (49th Test)
Note: all records are updated upto the end of Sri Lankan first innings at
Durban
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