Shaun Maclean Pollock OIS was born on 16 July 1973 and is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer, who was captain in all formats of the game.
14 Facts About Shaun Pollock
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Shaun Pollock was chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003.
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Shaun Pollock was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy, the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.
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Shaun Pollock is joint 10th in the all-time best ever bowler ratings in the ICC Ratings, and has taken over 400 wickets and at the time of his retirement was one of only six players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches.
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Shaun Pollock was the leading wicket taker for South Africa in Tests until Dale Steyn overtook him on 26 December 2018.
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Shaun Pollock took over 400 test wickets and scored over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches.
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Shaun Pollock was eventually removed from the captaincy after South Africa's performance in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.
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Shaun Pollock has the lowest economy rate of any bowler to have taken 300 ODI wickets, and he is the first South African and only the tenth player to take 400 Test wickets.
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Shaun Pollock was later readded to the test series against the West Indies, whereupon he announced his retirement, effective on 3 February 2008.
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In Summer 2008 Shaun Pollock represented Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League, and Durham Dynamos in the 2008 Twenty20 Cup in England.
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Shaun Pollock played for Durham County Cricket Club in the North East of England and along with fellow South African Albie Morkel was used mainly in the Twenty20 Cup competition.
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Shaun Pollock's paternal grandfather, Andrew Pollock, who played for Orange Free State, was born in Edinburgh.
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Shaun Pollock's wife was a finalist in the Miss South Africa pageant in the early '90s and worked for a South African telecom company.
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Shaun Pollock is a graduate of the University of Natal with a bachelor's degree in commerce.