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Shaun Pollock, South Africa

Shaun Pollock, a former south african cricketer, was born on Jul 16, 1973. As of 2026, he is 53 years old and remains a prominent figure in cricket. Shaun Pollock is a Right Handed batter and one of the greatest batters in the game.

Shaun Pollock's cricket career spanned an impressive period from 1995 to 2008, during which he made significant contributions to the sport. His time on the field showcased his skills and dedication, leaving a lasting impact on the game.

In his Test career, Shaun Pollock has played 108 matches in his Test career and he took 421 wickets, with an average of 23.12, conceding nearly 2.40 runs per over with a best individual figure of 10/147.

In Shaun Pollock's Odi career, has played 303 matches to date in his Odi career and he took 393 wickets, with an average of 24.51, conceding nearly 3.68 runs per over with a best individual figure of 6/35.

Shaun Pollock has played 12 matches to date in his T20 career and he took 15 wickets, with an average of 20.60, conceding nearly 7.63 runs per over with a best individual figure of 3/28.

Shaun PollockSouth Africa

Born: Jul 16, 1973 (52 years)
Period: (1995-2008)
Batting Style: Right Handed
Bowling Style: Right Arm Fast Medium

Captaincy Records

	Matches-Won-Lost	Tosses Won	Runs Scored	Batting Average
TEST	26-14-5	9 (34.62%)	998	41.58
ODI	97-60-33	49 (50.52%)	689	18.13
T20	1-0-1	0 (0.00%)	2	2
IPL	4-3-1	1 (25.00%)	-	-

Batting Career Summary

	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	4s	6s	CT	ST
TEST	108	39	3781	111	32.32	52.53	2	16	411	36	-	-
ODI	303	72	3519	130	26.46	86.70	1	14	248	58	-	-
T20	12	2	86	36*	12.29	122.86	0	0	4	4	-	-
IPL	13	0	147	33	18.38	132.43	0	0	12	8	-	-

Bowling Career Summary

	MAT	Ov	M	Wkts	AVG	ECON	Best	5w
TEST	108	4058.5	1211	421	23.12	2.40	7/87	16
ODI	303	2618.4	313	393	24.51	3.68	6/35	5
T20	12	40.3	1	15	20.60	7.63	3/28	0
IPL	13	46.0	1	11	27.36	6.54	3/12	0

Home/Away By Year By Opponent By Position

Home/Away Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Venue	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
Home	84	18	1922	111	29.12	1	7	22
Away	72	21	1859	106*	36.45	1	9	26
Overall	156	39	3781	111	32.32	2	16	72

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
Home	130	32	1572	75	29.66	91.66	0	7	47
Away	173	40	1947	130	24.34	83.06	1	7	61
Overall	303	72	3519	130	26.46	86.70	1	14	108

Venue	MAT	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
Home	11	2	62	36*	10.33	116.98	1
Away	1	0	24	24	24.00	141.18	1
Overall	12	2	86	36*	12.29	122.86	2

Home/Away Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Home	2058.5	620	235	4955	21.09	2.41	52.57	6/30	9	1
Away	2000.0	591	186	4778	25.69	2.39	64.52	7/87	7	0
Overall	4058.5	1211	421	9733	23.12	2.40	57.85	7/87	16	1

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Home	1134.5	154	197	3980	20.20	3.51	34.56	6/35	13
Away	1483.5	159	196	5651	28.83	3.81	45.42	5/36	4
Overall	2618.4	313	393	9631	24.51	3.68	39.98	6/35	17

Venue	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Home	36.3	1	14	275	19.64	7.53	15.64	3/28	0
Away	4.0	0	1	34	34.00	8.50	24.00	1/34	0
Overall	40.3	1	15	309	20.60	7.63	16.20	3/28	0

By Year Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
1995	4	5	1	129	36*	32.25	0	0	2
1996	2	3	1	29	23*	14.50	0	0	0
1997	8	14	4	364	82	36.40	0	2	4
1998	14	22	2	593	92	29.65	0	3	7
1999	10	12	4	289	69*	36.13	0	3	7
2000	11	15	0	198	33	13.20	0	0	6
2001	13	18	7	573	111	52.09	2	1	15
2002	5	6	3	231	99*	77.00	0	2	3
2003	11	15	6	452	66*	50.22	0	2	16
2004	11	16	2	251	44*	17.93	0	0	5
2005	7	9	3	134	67*	22.33	0	1	0
2006	8	16	5	391	63*	35.55	0	2	5
2007	3	5	1	147	39*	36.75	0	0	2
2008	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Overall (14)	108	156	39	3781	111	32.32	2	16	72

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
1996	18	11	6	160	66*	32.00	82.90	0	1	5
1997	23	18	6	438	75	36.50	90.12	0	1	5
1998	16	13	5	289	66	36.13	79.83	0	2	1
1999	26	18	1	278	52	16.35	71.47	0	1	14
2000	38	21	7	185	34*	13.21	68.52	0	0	15
2001	21	10	6	110	26*	27.50	83.33	0	0	13
2002	38	27	11	362	69*	22.63	94.76	0	2	21
2003	23	14	5	170	38*	18.89	96.05	0	0	8
2004	18	13	6	278	54	39.71	86.60	0	2	5
2005	27	18	5	286	44*	22.00	84.12	0	0	7
2006	21	17	4	379	69	29.15	98.96	0	2	7
2007	29	22	8	541	130	38.64	93.44	1	3	7
2008	5	3	2	43	21*	43.00	95.56	0	0	0
Overall (13)	303	205	72	3519	130	26.46	86.70	1	14	108

Year	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
2005	1	1	0	0	0	0.00		0
2006	2	2	0	26	24	13.00	130.00	1
2007	8	5	1	24	16*	6.00	104.35	1
2008	1	1	1	36	36*		144.00	0
Overall (4)	12	9	2	86	36*	12.29	122.86	2

By Year Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
1995	120.0	34	9	319	35.44	2.66	80.00	3/44	0	0
1996	49.5	16	12	101	8.42	2.03	24.92	5/32	1	0
1997	246.2	53	23	663	28.83	2.69	64.26	5/37	1	0
1998	598.4	165	69	1411	20.45	2.36	52.06	7/87	6	0
1999	396.5	139	48	800	16.67	2.02	49.60	5/33	2	0
2000	384.5	145	42	819	19.50	2.13	54.98	4/24	0	0
2001	521.0	166	55	1176	21.38	2.26	56.84	6/30	4	1
2002	165.3	56	15	393	26.20	2.37	66.20	3/109	0	0
2003	424.2	136	45	944	20.98	2.22	56.58	6/39	2	0
2004	470.0	129	43	1274	29.63	2.71	65.58	4/32	0	0
2005	279.0	76	23	700	30.43	2.51	72.78	4/65	0	0
2006	263.2	58	19	762	40.11	2.89	83.16	4/39	0	0
2007	111.1	32	13	286	22.00	2.57	51.31	4/75	0	0
2008	28.0	6	5	85	17.00	3.04	33.60	4/35	0	0
Overall (14)	4058.5	1211	421	9733	23.12	2.40	57.85	7/87	16	1

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
1996	164.1	14	26	647	24.88	3.94	37.88	4/34	1
1997	211.0	17	35	839	23.97	3.98	36.17	4/33	2
1998	142.3	10	20	571	28.55	4.01	42.75	3/21	0
1999	206.5	31	37	702	18.97	3.39	33.54	6/35	3
2000	331.3	28	61	1319	21.62	3.98	32.61	5/20	3
2001	187.5	24	27	597	22.11	3.18	41.74	5/37	1
2002	332.5	33	54	1274	23.59	3.83	36.98	4/18	3
2003	198.0	35	27	696	25.78	3.52	44.00	4/36	1
2004	154.0	19	18	584	32.44	3.79	51.33	4/26	1
2005	217.0	27	27	905	33.52	4.17	48.22	3/25	0
2006	186.0	32	32	555	17.34	2.98	34.88	4/26	1
2007	240.0	32	23	811	35.26	3.38	62.61	5/23	1
2008	47.0	11	6	131	21.83	2.79	47.00	2/13	0
Overall (13)	2618.4	313	393	9631	24.51	3.68	39.98	6/35	17

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
2005	3.0	0	0	16		5.33		0/16	0
2006	4.0	0	1	34	34.00	8.50	24.00	1/34	0
2007	29.3	1	13	240	18.46	8.14	13.62	3/28	0
2008	4.0	0	1	19	19.00	4.75	24.00	1/19	0
Overall (4)	40.3	1	15	309	20.60	7.63	16.20	3/28	0

By Position Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
4	2	0	48	37	24.00	0	0	1
5	1	0	33	33	33.00	0	0	1
6	2	0	49	44	24.50	0	0	0
7	52	11	1321	92	32.22	0	9	14
8	79	21	1796	99*	30.97	0	6	26
9	20	7	534	111	41.08	2	1	6
Overall	156	39	3781	111	32.32	2	16	72

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
3	3	1	111	90	55.50	112.12	0	1	3
4	4	1	37	19	12.33	90.24	0	0	1
5	4	1	104	66	34.67	81.89	0	1	0
6	16	7	213	54	23.67	73.70	0	1	7
7	81	26	1633	130	29.69	88.94	1	7	19
8	74	23	1145	66*	22.45	84.44	0	4	28
9	21	11	254	46	25.40	86.69	0	0	7
10	2	2	22	13*		122.22	0	0	1
Overall	205	72	3519	130	26.46	86.70	1	14	108

Position	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
4	1	0	2	2	2.00	66.67	0
5	1	0	24	24	24.00	141.18	1
6	6	1	24	16*	4.80	96.00	0
7	1	1	36	36*		144.00	0
Overall	9	2	86	36*	12.29	122.86	2

By Opponent Record (Batting)

TEST ODI T20

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	The Hundred	50	CT
Australia	13	24	6	517	67*	28.72	0	2	7
Bangladesh	3	1	0	41	41	41.00	0	0	5
England	23	33	7	718	66*	27.62	0	4	14
India	12	21	5	464	79	29.00	0	3	7
New Zealand	11	12	4	277	69*	34.63	0	1	7
Pakistan	12	18	5	550	82	42.31	0	2	7
Sri Lanka	13	20	3	553	111	32.53	1	3	10
West Indies	16	24	9	551	106*	36.73	1	0	10
Zimbabwe	5	3	0	110	61	36.67	0	1	5
Overall (9)	108	156	39	3781	111	32.32	2	16	72

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	The Hundred	50	CT
ACC Asian XI	6	6	2	298	130	74.50	109.56	1	1	3
Australia	45	36	8	631	69	22.54	91.18	0	2	13
Bangladesh	8	3	1	60	38*	30.00	125.00	0	0	3
Canada	1	1	0	32	32	32.00	139.13	0	0	0
England	30	25	10	330	66*	22.00	78.57	0	2	7
India	33	19	8	238	37	21.64	73.01	0	0	11
Ireland	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
Kenya	7	2	0	49	30	24.50	128.95	0	0	5
Netherlands	2	0	0	0	0			0	0	2
New Zealand	43	26	10	463	69*	28.94	89.21	0	2	17
Pakistan	36	25	8	453	90	26.65	83.58	0	3	12
Scotland	1	1	1	0	0*			0	0	0
Sri Lanka	35	27	9	462	54	25.67	74.64	0	2	13
United Arab Emirates	1	0	0	0	0			0	0	0
West Indies	35	23	9	241	26*	17.21	90.26	0	0	14
Zimbabwe	19	11	6	262	75	52.40	89.42	0	2	8
Overall (16)	303	205	72	3519	130	26.46	86.70	1	14	108

Team	MAT	Innings	NO	Runs	HS	AVG	SR	CT
Australia	2	2	0	26	24	13.00	130.00	1
Bangladesh	1	0	0	0	0			1
England	1	1	0	0	0	0.00		0
India	1	1	0	0	0	0.00		0
New Zealand	3	3	1	22	16*	11.00	122.22	0
Pakistan	1	0	0	0	0			0
West Indies	3	2	1	38	36*	38.00	126.67	0
Overall (7)	12	9	2	86	36*	12.29	122.86	2

By Opponent Record (Bowling)

TEST ODI T20

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	5w	10w
Australia	538.4	112	40	1474	36.85	2.74	80.80	7/87	1	0
Bangladesh	62.0	21	9	139	15.44	2.24	41.33	2/12	0	0
England	953.1	323	91	2160	23.74	2.27	62.85	6/39	3	0
India	451.4	150	52	1021	19.63	2.26	52.12	6/56	2	1
New Zealand	407.0	131	43	943	21.93	2.32	56.79	5/33	1	0
Pakistan	394.3	115	45	961	21.36	2.44	52.60	6/50	3	0
Sri Lanka	413.3	120	48	1072	22.33	2.59	51.69	6/30	1	0
West Indies	668.5	182	70	1607	22.96	2.40	57.33	5/28	4	0
Zimbabwe	169.3	57	23	356	15.48	2.10	44.22	5/39	1	0
Overall (9)	4058.5	1211	421	9733	23.12	2.40	57.85	7/87	16	1

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
ACC Asian XI	22.0	4	4	74	18.50	3.36	33.00	3/32	0
Australia	396.4	35	57	1673	29.35	4.22	41.75	5/36	4
Bangladesh	62.3	11	15	147	9.80	2.35	25.00	4/24	2
Canada	8.0	5	1	13	13.00	1.63	48.00	1/13	0
England	261.1	34	40	871	21.78	3.34	39.18	5/20	2
India	290.3	28	48	1175	24.48	4.04	36.31	5/37	2
Ireland	7.0	2	2	17	8.50	2.43	21.00	2/17	0
Kenya	54.1	10	12	127	10.58	2.34	27.08	3/10	0
Netherlands	14.0	3	2	39	19.50	2.79	42.00	1/4	0
New Zealand	350.2	38	48	1311	27.31	3.74	43.79	4/45	1
Pakistan	335.3	39	49	1232	25.14	3.67	41.08	5/23	2
Scotland	10.0	1	1	25	25.00	2.50	60.00	1/25	0
Sri Lanka	319.0	27	51	1219	23.90	3.82	37.53	4/18	2
United Arab Emirates	9.0	2	1	28	28.00	3.11	54.00	1/28	0
West Indies	299.0	50	44	1065	24.20	3.56	40.77	6/35	2
Zimbabwe	179.5	24	18	615	34.17	3.42	59.94	3/7	0
Overall (16)	2618.4	313	393	9631	24.51	3.68	39.98	6/35	17

Year	Ov	M	Wkts	Runs	AVG	ECON	SR	Best	4w
Australia	4.0	0	1	34	34.00	8.50	24.00	1/34	0
Bangladesh	3.3	0	3	40	13.33	11.43	7.00	3/40	0
England	4.0	1	2	17	8.50	4.25	12.00	2/17	0
India	4.0	0	2	17	8.50	4.25	12.00	2/17	0
New Zealand	11.0	0	3	85	28.33	7.73	22.00	3/28	0
Pakistan	4.0	0	1	26	26.00	6.50	24.00	1/26	0
West Indies	10.0	0	3	90	30.00	9.00	20.00	1/19	0
Overall (7)	40.3	1	15	309	20.60	7.63	16.20	3/28	0

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