When he claimed the wicket of Sri Lankan Nuwan Zoysa in the first innings of the Durban Test, all-rounder Shaun Pollock became the second South African after Allan Donald (308 wickets in 64 matches) and the 37th bowler in Test history to capture 200 wickets.

Profile:Shaun Maclean POLLOCK
Born: Port Elizabeth, 16-7-1973
Type: Right hand middle-order batsman and right arm fast medium bowler
Teams: Natal. Also played for Warwickshire (in 1996)
First-class debut: 1991-92 (for Natal B)

Test debut: v England at Centurion, 1995-96
Best Test bowling (in an innings): 7-87 v Australia at Adelaide, 1997-98
Best Test bowling (in a match): 9-103 v West Indies at Johannesburg, 1998-99

200 TEST WICKETS FOR SHAUN POLLOCK
	M	B	Md	R	W	Ave	Best	5wi	10M	SR	R/o
Australia	5	1152	48	462	20	23.10	7/87	1	-	57.60	2.41
England	14	3324	185	1237	53	23.34	5/32	2	-	62.72	2.23
India	5	1015	52	364	19	19.16	4/24	-	-	53.42	2.15
New Zealand	6	1461	96	449	25	17.96	5/33	1	-	58.44	1.84
West Indies	5	1184	44	483	29	16.66	5/43	3	-	40.83	2.45
Sri Lanka	6	1025	48	456	20	22.80	4/83	-	-	51.25	2.67
Pakistan	2.61	1084	47	471	21	22.43	6/50	2	-	51.62	2.61
Zimbabwe	2	438	27	156	14	11.14	5/39	1	-	31.29	2.14
TOTAL	49	10683	547	4078	201	20.29	7/87	10	-	53.15	2.29

His victims (most occasions): Mike Atherton (Eng), Mark Butcher (Eng) and Darren Ganga (WI) - six occasions.

His landmarks for:
50th wicket: v Australia Adeliade 1997-98 (16th Test)
100th wicket: v West Indies Johannesburg 1998-99 (26th Test)
150th wicket: v England Johannesburg 1999-00 (36th Test)
200th wicket: v Sri Lanka Durban 2000-01 (49th Test)

Note: all records are updated upto the end of Sri Lankan first innings at Durban

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