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Shaun Pollock stats

Data through 28 May 2008Last updated 28 May 2008

Coverage: matches in the Cricsheet data from 26 December 2002 to 28 May 2008. Older matches, and matches against Afghanistan, are not included, so totals can be lower than official career figures.

Shaun Pollock played 27 Tests, 98 ODIs, 11 T20Is for South Africa in the data, between 2002 and 2008. The most runs came in ODIs: 1,358 at an average of 30.18 and a strike rate of 93.7, with a highest score of 130. With the ball, the best return was 108 wickets in ODIs at an average of 26.30 and an economy rate of 3.43. Against Asia XI in ODIs, Shaun Pollock averaged 89.67 over 5 innings.

International matches

136

Tests 27 · ODIs 98 · T20Is 11

International runs

2,516

1 hundreds

International wickets

214

3 five-wicket hauls

T20 league & domestic matches

147 runs

Best batting average (Test)

34.58

44 innings

Highest score

130

ODI

Teams played for

South Africa 2002–2008 · 129Mumbai Indians 2008 · 13Africa XI 2005–2007 · 5ICC World XI 2005 · 2

BattingBowling

Shaun Pollock batting record by format

Batting by format
Format	M	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	0	4s	6s
Test	27	44	13	1,072	67*	34.58	1,773	60.5	0	5	1	123	13
ODI	98	69	24	1,358	130	30.18	1,450	93.7	1	6	4	113	24
T20I	11	9	2	86	36*	12.29	70	122.9	0	0	3	4	4
T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	8	0	147	33	18.38	111	132.4	0	0	2	12	8

Runs per year

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Shaun Pollock: runs per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Runs
2002	21
2003	491
2004	174
2005	282
2006	796
2007	673
2008	226

Year-by-year batting (17 rows)

Batting by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
2002	Test	1	21	21.00	77.8	21	0	0
2003	ODI	10	128	18.29	89.5	32	0	0
2003	Test	12	363	45.38	64.7	66	0	2
2004	ODI	4	81	40.50	86.2	52	0	1
2004	Test	6	93	18.60	31.8	44	0	0
2005	ODI	13	186	23.25	90.3	44	0	0
2005	T20I	1	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0
2005	Test	5	96	48.00	55.2	67	0	1
2006	ODI	17	379	29.15	99.0	69	0	2
2006	T20I	2	26	13.00	130.0	24	0	0
2006	Test	16	391	35.55	75.3	63	0	2
2007	ODI	22	541	38.64	93.4	130	1	3
2007	T20I	5	24	6.00	104.3	16	0	0
2007	Test	4	108	27.00	54.0	37	0	0
2008	ODI	3	43	43.00	95.6	21	0	0
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	8	147	18.38	132.4	33	0	0
2008	T20I	1	36	–	144.0	36	0	0

Shaun Pollock bowling record by format

Bowling by format
Format	Inns	Balls	Runs	Wkts	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4w	5w	Mdns
Test	52	6,075	2,586	92	6/39	8/104	28.11	2.55	66.0	9	2	281
ODI	94	4,966	2,840	108	5/23	–	26.30	3.43	46.0	2	1	126
T20I	10	219	283	14	3/28	–	20.21	7.75	15.6	0	0	1
T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	276	301	11	3/12	–	27.36	6.54	25.1	0	0	1

Wickets per year

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Shaun Pollock: wickets per calendar year (all formats in the data)
Year	Wickets
2002	3
2003	50
2004	21
2005	32
2006	52
2007	44
2008	23

Year-by-year bowling (18 rows)

Bowling by calendar year and format
Year	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
2002	Test	2	3	17.33	1.65	2/29
2003	ODI	17	19	26.47	3.43	3/33
2003	Test	14	31	20.45	2.14	6/39
2004	ODI	7	8	29.50	3.86	2/40
2004	Test	7	13	38.69	2.81	4/113
2005	ODI	18	20	30.20	4.11	3/32
2005	T20I	1	0	–	5.33	0/16
2005	Test	7	12	30.17	2.51	4/65
2006	ODI	21	32	17.34	2.98	4/26
2006	T20I	1	1	34.00	8.50	1/34
2006	Test	16	19	40.11	2.89	4/39
2007	ODI	26	23	35.26	3.38	5/23
2007	T20I	7	12	17.83	8.39	3/28
2007	Test	4	9	20.89	2.64	4/75
2008	ODI	5	6	21.83	2.79	2/13
2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	13	11	27.36	6.54	3/12
2008	T20I	1	1	19.00	4.75	1/19
2008	Test	2	5	17.00	3.04	4/35

Shaun Pollock against each team

vs Pakistan vs New Zealand vs Australia vs England vs India vs West Indies vs Sri Lanka

Batting against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Runs	Avg	SR	HS	100	50
India	Test	9	255	36.43	49.7	63	0	1
Australia	Test	8	205	34.17	66.6	67	0	1
England	Test	7	202	50.50	68.7	66	0	2
Pakistan	Test	8	189	31.50	57.6	36	0	0
New Zealand	Test	7	97	19.40	68.3	32	0	0
West Indies	Test	3	53	26.50	61.6	30	0	0
Asia XI	ODI	5	269	89.67	111.2	130	1	1
Australia	ODI	9	257	32.12	104.9	69	0	2
Pakistan	ODI	11	186	23.25	84.9	90	0	1
Sri Lanka	ODI	8	149	24.83	74.5	52	0	1
New Zealand	ODI	9	120	20.00	81.1	52	0	1
India	ODI	5	116	38.67	94.3	37	0	0
England	ODI	8	96	19.20	85.7	37	0	0
West Indies	ODI	7	64	21.33	100.0	21	0	0
Zimbabwe	ODI	4	52	52.00	102.0	16	0	0
New Zealand	T20I	3	22	11.00	122.2	16	0	0

Bowling against each opponent (3+ innings)
Opponent	Format	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ	Best
Pakistan	Test	10	20	19.60	2.26	6/78
England	Test	8	18	21.56	2.14	6/39
India	Test	9	17	25.35	2.25	4/39
New Zealand	Test	8	14	28.00	3.04	4/113
West Indies	Test	5	10	29.20	2.68	4/31
Australia	Test	8	9	61.78	3.09	3/67
Pakistan	ODI	16	22	23.82	3.37	5/23
West Indies	ODI	14	19	22.05	3.55	2/13
India	ODI	7	14	13.14	3.02	4/26
Australia	ODI	11	12	32.92	4.20	3/23
Sri Lanka	ODI	9	11	30.82	3.98	2/17
England	ODI	11	9	35.44	3.43	2/35
Zimbabwe	ODI	7	5	45.80	3.37	1/25
New Zealand	ODI	10	3	95.33	3.25	1/18
West Indies	T20I	3	3	30.00	9.00	1/19
New Zealand	T20I	3	3	28.33	7.73	3/28

Top grounds (batting)

Most runs by ground
Ground	Inns	Runs	Avg	HS
Kingsmead	15	297	29.70	63
The Wanderers Stadium	15	276	25.09	44
St George's Park	8	225	37.50	69
Newlands	12	202	22.44	38
Kennington Oval	4	134	134.00	66
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	1	130	130.00	130
MA Chidambaram Stadium	3	110	55.00	58
Gaddafi Stadium	7	101	16.83	37
Multan Cricket Stadium	1	90	90.00	90
Docklands Stadium	4	85	21.25	46

Top grounds (bowling)

Most wickets by ground
Ground	Inns	Wkts	Avg	Econ
Newlands	19	36	16.00	2.54
The Wanderers Stadium	16	29	19.93	3.00
Kingsmead	19	21	27.76	2.83
SuperSport Park	10	16	19.50	3.28
St George's Park	10	11	30.27	3.40
Iqbal Stadium	4	9	20.44	2.58
Trent Bridge	2	8	13.00	1.94
Wankhede Stadium	5	6	16.83	4.21
The Gabba	3	5	20.60	4.29
Basin Reserve	2	5	30.20	2.96

Batting and bowling by phase (limited overs)

T20 phases: overs 1–6, 7–15, 16–20. ODI phases: overs 1–10, 11–40, 41–50.
Format	Phase	Runs	Balls	SR	Outs	Bowl balls	Wkts	Econ
T20	Powerplay	3	12	25.0	2	366	17	6.75
T20	Middle	111	102	108.8	6	114	7	7.79
T20	Death	119	67	177.6	7	15	1	9.60
ODI	Powerplay	–	–	–	–	2736	65	3.00
ODI	Middle	688	852	80.8	12	1860	32	3.49
ODI	Death	670	598	112.0	33	370	11	6.31

How Shaun Pollock was dismissed

Caught56 (62%)
Bowled19 (21%)
Run out8 (9%)
Lbw4 (4%)
Caught and bowled3 (3%)
Stumped1 (1%)

How Shaun Pollock took wickets

Caught145
Lbw42
Bowled34
Caught and bowled3
Stumped1

Last 20 innings

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Shaun Pollock: runs in the last 20 innings
Innings	Runs
23 Oct 2007	1
26 Oct 2007	90
29 Oct 2007	2
23 Nov 2007	6
25 Nov 2007	6
30 Nov 2007	52
2 Dec 2007	4
16 Dec 2007	2
18 Jan 2008	36
25 Jan 2008	12
1 Feb 2008	21
3 Feb 2008	10
20 Apr 2008	28
23 Apr 2008	17
25 Apr 2008	22
27 Apr 2008	31
4 May 2008	33
21 May 2008	0
24 May 2008	16
26 May 2008	0

Most recent batting innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Score	Balls	How out	Ground
26 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0	1	caught	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
24 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	16	15	bowled	Arun Jaitley Stadium
21 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	0	1	caught	Wankhede Stadium
4 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	33	15	caught	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
27 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	31	31	bowled	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
25 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	22	21	caught	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
23 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	17	15	bowled	MA Chidambaram Stadium
20 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	28	12	bowled	Wankhede Stadium
3 Feb 2008	ODI	West Indies	10*	11	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
1 Feb 2008	ODI	West Indies	21*	24	not out	Kingsmead
25 Jan 2008	ODI	West Indies	12	10	caught	Newlands
18 Jan 2008	T20I	West Indies	36*	25	not out	The Wanderers Stadium
16 Dec 2007	T20I	West Indies	2	5	run out	St George's Park
2 Dec 2007	ODI	New Zealand	4*	6	not out	Newlands
30 Nov 2007	ODI	New Zealand	52	75	bowled	St George's Park
25 Nov 2007	ODI	New Zealand	6	5	caught	Kingsmead
23 Nov 2007	T20I	New Zealand	6	5	caught	The Wanderers Stadium
29 Oct 2007	ODI	Pakistan	2	4	caught	Gaddafi Stadium
26 Oct 2007	ODI	Pakistan	90	84	caught	Multan Cricket Stadium
23 Oct 2007	ODI	Pakistan	1	4	caught and bowled	Iqbal Stadium

Last 20 bowling innings

Most recent bowling innings in the data
Date	Format	Against	Figures	Overs	Mdns	Ground
28 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/23	4	0	M Chinnaswamy Stadium
26 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	0/26	4	0	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
24 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	0/33	3	0	Arun Jaitley Stadium
21 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/14	3	0	Wankhede Stadium
16 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	3/12	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
14 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	1/9	4	1	Wankhede Stadium
7 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Rajasthan Royals	1/19	3	0	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
4 May 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Delhi Capitals	2/16	4	0	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
29 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Kolkata Knight Riders	2/27	4	0	Eden Gardens
27 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Deccan Chargers	0/33	2	0	Dr DY Patil Sports Academy
25 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Punjab Kings	1/40	4	0	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium
23 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Chennai Super Kings	0/32	3	0	MA Chidambaram Stadium
20 Apr 2008	T20 (leagues & domestic)	Royal Challengers Bengaluru	0/17	4	0	Wankhede Stadium
3 Feb 2008	ODI	West Indies	1/33	10	1	The Wanderers Stadium
1 Feb 2008	ODI	West Indies	1/38	10	3	Kingsmead
27 Jan 2008	ODI	West Indies	1/28	10	2	St George's Park
25 Jan 2008	ODI	West Indies	2/13	10	5	Newlands
20 Jan 2008	ODI	West Indies	1/19	7	0	SuperSport Park
18 Jan 2008	T20I	West Indies	1/19	4	0	The Wanderers Stadium
10 Jan 2008	Test	West Indies	1/50	17	4	Kingsmead

Batter vs bowler matchups

Batters Shaun Pollock bowled to most

Michael Hussey vs Shaun Pollock294 balls
Ricky Ponting vs Shaun Pollock283 balls
Taufeeq Umar vs Shaun Pollock277 balls
Younis Khan vs Shaun Pollock273 balls
Rahul Dravid vs Shaun Pollock268 balls
Marcus Trescothick vs Shaun Pollock267 balls
Michael Vaughan vs Shaun Pollock265 balls
Mohammad Yousuf vs Shaun Pollock254 balls
Virender Sehwag vs Shaun Pollock249 balls
Matthew Hayden vs Shaun Pollock249 balls
Shivnarine Chanderpaul vs Shaun Pollock248 balls

Frequently asked questions

How many runs has Shaun Pollock scored in Tests?

1,072 runs in 44 innings (27 matches) at an average of 34.58 and a strike rate of 60.5, in the data from 2002 to 2008.

How many runs has Shaun Pollock scored in ODIs?

1,358 runs in 69 innings (98 matches) at an average of 30.18 and a strike rate of 93.7, in the data from 2003 to 2008.

How many runs has Shaun Pollock scored in T20Is?

86 runs in 9 innings (11 matches) at an average of 12.29 and a strike rate of 122.9, in the data from 2005 to 2008.

What is Shaun Pollock's highest score?

130 in ODIs, the highest score in the data.

How many wickets has Shaun Pollock taken in Tests?

92 wickets in 52 innings at an average of 28.11, economy 2.55, best figures 6/39.

Source: computed by CricketWise from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data (ODC-BY). Career totals cover only matches in the Cricsheet data. Definitions: methodology.