NZTailender
I can't believe I ate the whole thing
Always thought of him as South Africas Hadlee tbh.
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Shaun Pollock retires from International Cricket
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Jono
Virat Kohli (c)
Great player, will definitely be missed. Honestly to have him coming in at 8 (not just batting talent, but his ability to launch if needed and the added experience he brings) was such a luxury for South Africa.
As a bowler, what more needs to be said. I reckon he's the one bowler to trouble Tendulkar more than anyone I can remember.
As a bowler, what more needs to be said. I reckon he's the one bowler to trouble Tendulkar more than anyone I can remember.
jammay123
State 12th Man
nah watched his press confrence and he said hed be playing in the ipl
slowfinger
International Debutant
I was truelly shocked by Shaun retiring and i hope best of luck....
Shaun was one of the best all rounders.2000-2008
All the best
Have a good life I miss you dearly
Shaun was one of the best all rounders.2000-2008
All the best
Have a good life I miss you dearly
Corli
U19 Cricketer
That's 1995 - 2008I was truelly shocked by Shaun retiring and i hope best of luck....
Shaun was one of the best all rounders.2000-2008
All the best
Have a good life I miss you dearly
Got a nice send-off today, getting carried off the field by his teammates.
Langeveldt
Soutie
Now Shaun and Trish can make loads of babies, preferably male..
Perm
Cricket Web: All-Time Legend
Given the state of his wife, girls wouldn't be too bad either.
dontcloseyoureyes
BARNES OUT
Star. Will miss you, Shaun.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Which has fooled most people who then assess him.
Matt79
Global Moderator
Well done Shaun, an absolute ornament not only to South African but also world cricket. As has been noted, consistently there or thereabouts as being one of the two or three best bowlers in the world for the majority of his long career, and a very good batsman as well. Someone here earlier said that he was South Africa's Hadlee, and I think that's only a very very slight exaggeration, especially if you consider the tougher conditions he had to bowl in in the second half of his career.
An all-time great, and definitely a legend of the game.
An all-time great, and definitely a legend of the game.
slowfinger
International Debutant
The Sean
Cricketer Of The Year
An interesting article in today's Guardian...
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/14/easy_to_admire_harder_to_love.html
I don't necessarily agree, and a lot of it is harsher than it needs to be on a great cricketer. But it touches again on the "consistency vs match turner" comparison it would be interesting to hear any thoughts.
http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/01/14/easy_to_admire_harder_to_love.html
I don't necessarily agree, and a lot of it is harsher than it needs to be on a great cricketer. But it touches again on the "consistency vs match turner" comparison it would be interesting to hear any thoughts.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Pollock (with ball) is a little like Tendulkar in that - in his first 6 years, at least - he was so sensationally consistently superb that it was easy to miss the fact that far more of those performances than not completely changed his team's position. There was no "standout" either (well, there was, but the match ended in an unsatisfactory draw).
Also like Tendulkar, he has the handicap (performance-assessment wise) that he had someone else who could match the superlative nature of his performances. In Donald, in fact, he had someone who could better them; in first Azharuddin, then Dravid, Tendulkar had two people who could merely come somewhere near the same plain.
Players like this - Herbert Sutcliffe is another, and Kenny Barrington, and Everton Weekes - are almost always bound to get less credit than they deserve, at least from those who assess performance by the narrow-minded "matchwinner" criteria. Those who were obvious standouts amongst, if not mediocrity, then merely good - the Lillees, the Laras, the Pietersens for instance - are always going to get this credit for having the chance to, occasionally, completely alter the course of a match almost entirely by themselves. This is a chance denied those mostly surrounded by excellence.
And on the few occasions, between 2001\02 and 2006, when Pollock may have had those chances, he was not the bowler he had been in his heyday.
But rest assured, South Africa would almost certainly have done far, far worse without him in almost every single Test in the first 6 years of Pollock's career than they did with him.
Also like Tendulkar, he has the handicap (performance-assessment wise) that he had someone else who could match the superlative nature of his performances. In Donald, in fact, he had someone who could better them; in first Azharuddin, then Dravid, Tendulkar had two people who could merely come somewhere near the same plain.
Players like this - Herbert Sutcliffe is another, and Kenny Barrington, and Everton Weekes - are almost always bound to get less credit than they deserve, at least from those who assess performance by the narrow-minded "matchwinner" criteria. Those who were obvious standouts amongst, if not mediocrity, then merely good - the Lillees, the Laras, the Pietersens for instance - are always going to get this credit for having the chance to, occasionally, completely alter the course of a match almost entirely by themselves. This is a chance denied those mostly surrounded by excellence.
And on the few occasions, between 2001\02 and 2006, when Pollock may have had those chances, he was not the bowler he had been in his heyday.
But rest assured, South Africa would almost certainly have done far, far worse without him in almost every single Test in the first 6 years of Pollock's career than they did with him.
Goughy
Hall of Fame Member
It is a pretty harsh article. Interestingly criticises Pollocks proportion of top order wickets before going on to compare him unfavourably to Akram without mentioning Wasim has a far lower proportion of top order wickets. Whats good for the goose etc.
Its a little one-eyed but there are hints of truth in what is being said. He is just a little heavy handed in over emphasising his points, almost to the level where they lose context.
Its a little one-eyed but there are hints of truth in what is being said. He is just a little heavy handed in over emphasising his points, almost to the level where they lose context.
Langeveldt
Soutie
He isn't a particularly fashionable cricketer, I'd imagine Jacques Kallis will get a similar reception when he retires.. Great, but not raw enough to be the very best..