CRICKET WICKETShaun Pollock Test record against Sri Lanka
1998-03-19 – 2006-08-04 · Available official international scorecards
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The record at a glance
This study covers 13 Test matches against Sri Lanka with recorded batting or bowling figures: 20 batting innings and 24 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 | 20 | 553 | 17 | 32.52 | 54.75 |
| Bowling | 24 | 1,072 | 48 | 22.33 | 51.68 |
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: 2.59 runs per six legal balls. Legal balls recorded: 2,481.
Batting milestones in this sample: 1 centuries and 3 scores from 50 to 99. Balls faced: 1,010.
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 | 1 | 2 | 71 | 57 | 71.00 | 69.60 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 102 | 2 | 1 | 112.00 | 3.20 | 210.00 |
| 2004 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 25 | 9.66 | 47.54 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 61 | 4 | 10 | 19.40 | 2.65 | 43.80 |
| 2002 | 2 | 3 | 143 | 99 | 143.00 | 58.36 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | 245 | 4 | 7 | 22.57 | 2.19 | 61.71 |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 111 | 111 | 111.00 | 104.71 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 106 | 4 | 8 | 14.62 | 2.50 | 35.00 |
| 2000 | 4 | 8 | 100 | 33 | 12.50 | 32.89 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 304 | 7 | 16 | 20.12 | 2.46 | 49.00 |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 99 | 92 | 33.00 | 51.56 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 192 | 3 | 6 | 28.16 | 3.00 | 56.16 |
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 | 7 | 9 | 366 | 52.28 | 63.87 | 13 | 26 | 19.96 |
| Away | 6 | 11 | 187 | 18.70 | 42.79 | 11 | 22 | 25.13 |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · Cape Town
- Best recorded bowling · 6/30
Test v Sri Lanka · Cape Town
- Highest recorded innings · 111 runs
Test v Sri Lanka · Centurion
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Sri Lanka · P Sara Oval
Recent recorded innings
| Date | Venue | Innings | Runs | Balls | Wickets | Conceded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 4 | — | — | 1 | 60 |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 3 | 14 | 32 | — | — |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 2 | — | — | 0 | 52 |
| 2006-08-04 | P Sara Oval | 1 | 57 | 70 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 4 | 3 | 5 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 3 | — | — | 0 | 46 |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| 2004-08-11 | Colombo (SSC) | 1 | — | — | 4 | 81 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 3 | — | — | 2 | 19 |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 2 | 25 | 51 | — | — |
| 2004-08-04 | Galle | 1 | — | — | 4 | 48 |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 4 | 6 | 10 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 3 | — | — | 1 | 45 |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 2 | 99 | 170 | — | — |
| 2002-11-15 | Centurion | 1 | — | — | 2 | 51 |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 3 | — | — | 2 | 17 |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 2 | 38 | 65 | — | — |
| 2002-11-08 | Johannesburg | 1 | — | — | 2 | 45 |
| 2001-01-20 | Centurion | 3 | — | — | 1 | 43 |
| 2001-01-20 | Centurion | 2 | — | — | 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.