CRICKET WICKETShaun Pollock Test record against Australia
1997-02-28 – 2006-03-31 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 13 Test matches against Australia with recorded batting or bowling figures: 24 batting innings and 23 bowling innings. Matches with no batting or bowling entry for this player are outside this sample.
| Discipline | Innings | Runs | Wickets / outs | Average | Strike rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batting | 24 | 517 | 18 | 28.72 | 56.68 |
| Bowling | 23 | 1,474 | 40 | 36.85 | 80.80 |
Batting average = runs ÷ dismissals; batting strike rate = runs per 100 balls. Bowling average = runs conceded ÷ wickets; bowling strike rate = legal balls per wicket. Rates require fully recorded inputs. — means unrecorded; N/A means a zero denominator.
Bowling economy: 2.73 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 3,232.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 2 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 912.
How the record developed
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 6 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 6 | 129 | 46 | 25.80 | 77.24 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 167 | 6 | 5 | 85.80 | 3.28 | 156.80 |
| 2005 | 2 | 3 | 110 | 67 | 55.00 | 62.50 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 176 | 4 | 7 | 38.71 | 2.60 | 89.14 |
| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 67 | 61 | 67.00 | 67.00 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 100 | 2 | 3 | 40.00 | 3.00 | 80.00 |
| 2001 | 2 | 4 | 61 | 42 | 20.33 | 46.56 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 131 | 4 | 5 | 38.40 | 2.66 | 86.40 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 40 | 20.66 | 42.75 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 145 | 3 | 12 | 18.25 | 2.09 | 52.33 |
| 1997 | 3 | 6 | 88 | 35 | 22.00 | 45.59 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 193 | 4 | 8 | 30.37 | 2.78 | 65.50 |
Home, away and neutral conditions
Setting follows the recorded host country. Unknown locations are retained as unknown; venue names alone are not guessed.
| Setting | Matches | Bat inns | Runs | Bat avg | Bat SR | Bowl inns | Wickets | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 4 | 8 | 123 | 17.57 | 68.33 | 6 | 8 | 47.00 |
| Away | 7 | 12 | 246 | 27.33 | 48.61 | 13 | 27 | 29.88 |
| Unknown | 2 | 4 | 148 | 74.00 | 65.48 | 4 | 5 | 58.20 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Australia · Johannesburg
- Best recorded bowling · 7/87
Test v Australia · Adelaide
- Highest recorded innings · 67* runs
Test v Australia · Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · The Wanderers Stadium
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 4 | — | — | 1 | 81 |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 3 | 44 | 47 | — | — |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 2 | — | — | 1 | 56 |
| 2006-03-31 | The Wanderers Stadium | 1 | 8 | 17 | — | — |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 4 | 4 | 14 | — | — |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 3 | — | — | 1 | 55 |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| 2006-03-24 | Kingsmead | 1 | — | — | 1 | 73 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 4 | — | — | 0 | 55 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 3 | 26 | 21 | — | — |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2 | — | — | 1 | 109 |
| 2006-01-02 | Sydney Cricket Ground | 1 | 46 | 64 | — | — |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 4 | 67 | 120 | — | — |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 3 | — | — | 1 | 60 |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2 | 9 | 21 | — | — |
| 2005-12-26 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1 | — | — | 3 | 67 |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 3 | — | — | 2 | 98 |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 2 | 34 | 35 | — | — |
| 2005-12-16 | W.A.C.A | 1 | — | — | 1 | 46 |
| 2002-01-02 | Sydney | 4 | — | — | 0 | 11 |
This opposition study uses available scorecards in Cricket Wicket’s twelve-team publication scope. It is a dated archive analysis, not a claim of complete career coverage. Read the coverage and calculation method.