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
basically boils chance defeat hands lose matter ourselves protect series weather winning
We're in the hands of the weather but basically it just boils down to that we just want to give ourselves a chance of winning the game. At the end of the day it doesn't matter if we lose the series 2-0. To protect a defeat and still go 1-0 down in the series is pointless.
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.
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.
good knew
If we knew how good he was going to be,
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.
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.
confidence doubt game hope win
Sport is a confidence game and no doubt a win will give us so much hope for the summer.
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.
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,
clear heads remain
We've been there before and you just need clear heads and remain calm.
basically boils chance hands ourselves weather winning
We're in the hands of the weather but basically it boils down to that we just want to give ourselves a chance of winning the game.
couple days recover sore
He is sore but he has a couple of days to recover so he should be OK,