CRICKET WICKETShaun Pollock Test record against England
1995-11-16 – 2005-01-21 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 23 Test matches against England with recorded batting or bowling figures: 33 batting innings and 42 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 | 33 | 718 | 26 | 27.61 | 52.98 |
| Bowling | 42 | 2,160 | 91 | 23.73 | 62.84 |
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: 2.26 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 5,719.
Batting milestones in this sample: 0 centuries and 4 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,355.
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 · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2.75 | 37.93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 13 | 22.69 | 2.30 | 59.07 |
| 2004 | 2 | 4 | 109 | 43 | 27.25 | 49.77 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 219 | 4 | 8 | 26.00 | 2.20 | 70.62 |
| 2003 | 4 | 6 | 205 | 66 | 68.33 | 68.79 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 298 | 8 | 17 | 24.70 | 2.37 | 62.47 |
| 2000 | 2 | 2 | 34 | 30 | 17.00 | 39.53 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 86 | 3 | 5 | 26.20 | 2.14 | 73.20 |
| 1999 | 3 | 4 | 80 | 64 | 26.66 | 50.63 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 158 | 5 | 14 | 18.92 | 2.14 | 52.85 |
| 1998 | 4 | 6 | 146 | 50 | 29.20 | 50.69 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 288 | 8 | 18 | 25.77 | 2.11 | 73.27 |
| 1996 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4.00 | 16.66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 7 | 8.28 | 1.94 | 25.57 |
| 1995 | 4 | 5 | 129 | 36 | 32.25 | 50.98 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 253 | 6 | 9 | 35.44 | 2.65 | 80.00 |
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 | 15 | 21 | 367 | 20.38 | 47.72 | 26 | 56 | 22.78 |
| Away | 8 | 12 | 351 | 43.87 | 59.89 | 16 | 35 | 25.25 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v England · Centurion
- First five-wicket innings in this archive
Test v England · Cape Town
- Best recorded bowling · 6/39
Test v England · Trent Bridge, Nottingham
- Highest recorded innings · 66* runs
Test v England · Kennington Oval, London
- Latest available scorecard
Test v England · Centurion
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-01-21 | Centurion | 4 | — | — | 1 | 9 |
| 2005-01-21 | Centurion | 2 | — | — | 2 | 30 |
| 2005-01-21 | Centurion | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — |
| 2005-01-13 | Johannesburg | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — |
| 2005-01-13 | Johannesburg | 3 | — | — | 3 | 74 |
| 2005-01-13 | Johannesburg | 2 | 0 | 4 | — | — |
| 2005-01-13 | Johannesburg | 1 | — | — | 2 | 81 |
| 2005-01-02 | Newlands | 4 | — | — | 4 | 65 |
| 2005-01-02 | Newlands | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | — |
| 2005-01-02 | Newlands | 2 | — | — | 1 | 36 |
| 2005-01-02 | Newlands | 1 | 4 | 9 | — | — |
| 2004-12-26 | Durban | 4 | 35 | 82 | — | — |
| 2004-12-26 | Durban | 3 | — | — | 1 | 79 |
| 2004-12-26 | Durban | 2 | 43 | 84 | — | — |
| 2004-12-26 | Durban | 1 | — | — | 4 | 32 |
| 2004-12-17 | Gqeberha | 4 | — | — | 1 | 36 |
| 2004-12-17 | Gqeberha | 3 | 0 | 1 | — | — |
| 2004-12-17 | Gqeberha | 2 | — | — | 2 | 61 |
| 2004-12-17 | Gqeberha | 1 | 31 | 52 | — | — |
| 2003-09-04 | Kennington Oval, London | 4 | — | — | 0 | 15 |
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.