You must get the ball in exactly the right places. When you go to Australia you have to be like (Glen) McGrath and (Shaun) Pollock.
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South Africa’s Shaun Pollock has not been involved in this system but he admitted the level of accuracy is increased in the umpire’s decision
Replacing a guy like Shaun [Pollock] who provided so much control in our one-day [game] was never going to happen quickly
Trying to replace a guy like Shaun Pollock, who lengthened our batting and finished off games, and with a lot of the young guys struggling with their form in the one-day setup...has created a bit of pressure on the team.
At the moment, England is probably a better one-day outfit than us ... We lost some senior players in the past 12 months such as Shaun Pollock and Charl Langeveldt as well as guys like Andrew Hall, Justin Kemp and Johan van der Wath. Those guys could regularly smash the ball out of the ground at the end of an innings.
He's following very much in the footsteps of Shaun Pollock and Allan Donald, and it's great for South African cricket. If he stays fit for a long time, I think he's going to do very well.
We thought we could win this right from the start ... The club decided this year to take the competition really seriously and brought in players especially for it, guys like Albie Morkel and Shaun Pollock, who has been fantastic, just like a big kid even though he's supposed to be retired. With the money on offer later this year it was a straightforward decision.
Obviously we were probably a few short in the end but with [Steve] Harmison, Liam [Plunkett] and Shaun Pollock bowling as well as they can it was always going to be tough for Glamorgan.
At last, a summery day at Lord's, and it's almost warm. Earlier, on the nursery ground, Ottis Gibson gave Shaun Pollock a bear-hug, the South Africans played six-a-side football and Alastair Cook patiently signed autographs, flashing his pearly whites as he did so. Now on the main ground, the England squad are assembling for some fielding practice.
We have a lot more expertise in the team this year with the two overseas guys [Albie Morkel and Shaun Pollock] and Dale Benkenstein getting experience in the Indian Cricket League
Neil McKenzie plays this four-day game and then goes home, and then we're joined by Shaun Pollock and Albie Morkel for the Twenty20
or is England's most attractive batsman at the crease right now? Stuart Broad times the ball as well as any Englishman since Michael Vaughan's heyday and he plays as straight as anyone (though he needs to leave more outside off stump). He really should be aiming at Shaun Pollock's numbers with the bat and he should bat in as many county matches as possible.