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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.

Shaun PollockProfile: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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