Profile
The towering Trinidadian is one of the hardest strikers of the ball in cricket and is also a useful medium-pace bowler. With the reputation of a solid hitter, Kieron Pollard’s feats on the domestic circuit and his remarkable display in the 2009 Champions League T20 have led him to become a household name. Although he has several fifties and hundreds in first-class cricket, he is seen by many as an ideal cricketer in the limited-over formats.
Pollard’s impressive domestic performances caught the eye of the national selectors, which then resulted in his ODI debut in 2007. A debut in a World Cup was followed by a recall for the ODI series against New Zealand in 2008. Pollard scores a high proportion of his runs in boundaries, smashing the ball to all corners of the ground and over the rope. He has produced some stunning innings for Trinidad and it was during the 2009 Champions League T20 that he was noticed internationally, and went on to sign for South Australia and the Mumbai Indians.
Fast Facts
- Kieron Pollard’s match-winning 54 not out against NSW in the 2009 Champions League T20 consisted of five fours and five sixes, 50 runs of his total. He scored his runs in 18 deliveries, the fastest fifty of the tournament.
- At just 20 years of age, he was the leading scorer in the West Indies domestic one-day competition in 2006-07 with 261 runs.
- He had the best strike rate (185.71) of any batsman who scored at least 200 runs in the 2010 IPL and was also adjudged to have had the Best Debut Performance at that year’s IPL Awards.
- Pollard scored a century in his debut first-class match for Trinidad and Tobago, smashing 126 runs off just 71 balls, which included six sixes.
Statistics
Show:
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Runs |
NO |
Avg. |
SR |
100's |
50's |
HS |
| ODI |
56 |
51 |
1288 |
2 |
26.28 |
101.57 |
2 |
4 |
119 |
| T20 |
22 |
19 |
245 |
3 |
15.31 |
134.61 |
0 |
1 |
54* |
| IPL |
39 |
35 |
563 |
6 |
19.41 |
146.61 |
0 |
1 |
64 |
| CLT20 |
16 |
15 |
396 |
2 |
30.46 |
168.51 |
0 |
3 |
72* |
| |
Matches |
Innings |
Balls |
Runs |
Wickets |
BBI |
BBM |
Avg. |
Econ. |
4w |
5w |
10w |
Extras |
| ODI |
56 |
45 |
1487 |
1341 |
38 |
3/27 |
/ |
35.28 |
5.41 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
47 |
| T20 |
22 |
19 |
270 |
382 |
11 |
2/22 |
/ |
34.72 |
8.48 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
15 |
| IPL |
39 |
37 |
644 |
861 |
36 |
4/44 |
/ |
23.91 |
8.02 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
39 |
| CLT20 |
16 |
13 |
180 |
229 |
7 |
2/25 |
/ |
32.71 |
7.63 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
| |
Catches |
Stumpings |
Runouts |
| ODI |
24 |
0 |
5 |
| T20 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
| IPL |
22 |
0 |
6 |
| CLT20 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Career
Span:
- ODI:
- 2007-2012
- T20:
- 2008-2012
- IPL:
- 2010-2012
- CLT20:
- 2009-2011
- ODI
-
- Debut:
- West Indies Vs South Africa at National Cricket Stadium, St George's - Grenada - Apr 10, 2007
- Last played:
- West Indies Vs Australia at Beausejour Cricket Ground, St Lucia - Mar 25, 2012
- T20
-
- Debut:
- West Indies Vs Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown - Barbados - Jun 20, 2008
- Last played:
- West Indies Vs Australia at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados - Mar 30, 2012
- IPL
-
- Debut:
- Mumbai Indians Vs Delhi Daredevils at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi - Mar 17, 2010
- Last played:
- Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai - May 09, 2012
- CLT20
-
- Debut:
- Trinidad and Tobago Vs Somerset at M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore - Karnataka - Oct 12, 2009
- Last played:
- Mumbai Indians Vs Royal Challengers Bangalore at MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai - Oct 09, 2011
