Shaun Pollock
Shaun Pollock
Shaun Maclean Pollock OISis a former South African cricketer who is considered a bowling all-rounder. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team, and also played for Africa XI, World XI, Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was also chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003. He is the leading wicket taker among South Africans, taking over 400 test wickets and scoring over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches. On 11...
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth16 July 1973
ashes australia backlash fish motivate since
But we know Australia in Australia is a different kettle of fish and the backlash they've copped since the Ashes will motivate them to put things right.
against bounce coming injury looking
I thought I went pretty well in Australia, but coming back from injury back here things did not go as well as I would have liked. So I'm looking to bounce back against New Zealand.
champion keen perspective
Freddie is a champion from that perspective, he was really keen to go in,
good knew
If we knew how good he was going to be,
conclusive judge percent third
If they (the umpires) can't be 100 percent conclusive on what they've seen, I don't see why they can't judge it with the third umpire.
chance ourselves tomorrow win
We've got to come out tomorrow and give ourselves a chance to win the game.
hand job
We just have to see who they put out tomorrow, but we still have to concentrate doing the job at hand well and being prepared.
characters full giving good partner percent
It's always good to have a partner who is full of energy, and who you can see is giving it 110 percent all the time. You need those kind of characters in a side.
early good picked regularly start wickets
It was important we got off to a good start and we got two early wickets and picked up more pretty regularly through the day,
chance defeat ourselves protect series
To protect a defeat and still go down 1-0 in the series is pointless. We've got to give ourselves a chance to win.
bit cherry definitely dressing knocked last sure top wickets
Those last two wickets were definitely the cherry on the top and I'm sure knocked them a little bit in the dressing room.
definitely difficult perspective runs shots situation sort
There's definitely something still in the pitch. As a batsman you never feel comfortable. It's difficult to play shots with any sort of certainty. From our perspective the situation can only get better the more runs we get.
class free
There'll be no free deliveries or anything other than world class cricket.
almost both countries definitely guys matches talent test won
I think we have more than enough talent. There are 13-14 match-winners in both the Test and one-day teams. They are guys that have won matches for their respective countries almost single-handedly over the years, so we definitely have enough talent to match the Aussies.