Surrey’s iconic T20 star, Kieron Pollard, is available for selection from next week and in line to make his debut against Gloucestershire next Tuesday at The Kia Oval. Here are the great man’s numbers.
773
Sixes struck in T20 cricket. Pollard is second only to Chris Gayle (1,056) for the most maximums hit in the history of T20
Looking forward to the summer ahead @surreycricket . Let’s “blast “ off together 💥💥💥💥 https://t.co/pFHG13Eo42
— Kieron Pollard (@KieronPollard55) May 20, 2022
17
The number of teams Pollard has represented in T20. A career that began in 2006, he has played for the following: Adelaide Strikers, Barbados Tridents, Cape Cobras, Dhaka Dynamites, Dhaka Gladiators, Karachi Kings, Melbourne Renegades, Multan Sultans, Mumbai Indians, Peshawar Zalmi, Somerset, South Australia, St Lucia Stars, Stanford Superstars, Trinbago Knight Riders, Trinidad & Tobago and, of course, the West Indies
36
In 2021, playing for West Indies, Pollard hit six sixes in an over off the bowling of Sri Lanka’s Akila Dananjaya, in an extraordinary game in which Dananjaya had already claimed a hat-trick. Only Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh have matched the feat at international level
5
IPL trophies with the Mumbai Indians – the joint most successful IPL player ever, alongside teammates Jasprit Bumrah and Rohit Sharma
Polly, you’re one of a kind 🐐 Inspirational, superstar, legend 🤩 Proud of you brother 🤗 😘 @KieronPollard55 pic.twitter.com/sfpJgbKgn6
— hardik pandya (@hardikpandya7) May 1, 2021
308
Wickets in T20 cricket, putting him 11th in the all-time list. His compatriots Dwayne Bravo, Andre Russell and his Surrey teammate Sunil Narine have all taken more wickets
11,571
Runs scored in T20 cricket, putting him third on the all-time list with only Shoaib Malik and Chris Gayle having scored more
325
Catches in all T20 cricket, the most of all time
15
Trophies throughout his T20 career, with victories in the Champions League, Big Bash, Caribbean Premier League and the IPL
The highest strike-rate of all players to have scored more than 10,000 runs
101
T20I appearances for the West Indies, the 10th highest of T20I appearances in history. He was a key part of the side that won the 2012 ICC Twenty20 World Cup
