Pollock in 300 club, England fight back

Shaun Pollock became the second South African to take 300 Test wickets as England closed on 165 for two in reply to the touring side’s ...

Written by Tony Lawrence

London | September 6, 2003 12:00 AM IST

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Shaun Pollock became the second South African to take 300 Test wickets as England closed on 165 for two in reply to the touring side’s first innings of 484 on Friday.

The 30-year-old seamer, who also hit 66 earlier in the day, reached the mark when he induced England captain Michael Vaughan to overstretch for a ball on off-stump and edge to third slip.

	SCOREBOARD
South Africa (1st Innings): Smith run out 18, Gibbs b Giles 183, Kirsten lbw Giles 90, Kallis run out 66, McKenzie c Stewart b Anderson 9, Rudolph lbw Bicknell 0, Boucher c Stewart b Bicknell 8, Pollock not out 66, Hall lbw Flintoff 1, Adams run out 1, Ntini b Anderson 11; Extras (b-12, lb-10, w-4, nb-5): 31; Total: 484 Fall of wickets: 1-63, 2-290, 3-345, 4-362, 5-365, 6-385, 7-419, 8-421, 9-432 Bowling: Bicknell 20-3-71-2, Anderson 25-6-86-2, Harmison 28-9-73-0, Giles 28-2-102-2, Flintoff 19-4-88-1, Vaughan 5-0-24-0, Butcher 3-0-18-0 England (1st Innings): Trescothick batting 64, Vaughan c Gibbs b Pollock 23, Butcher lbw Hall 32, Thorpe batting 28; Extras (lb-6, w-5, nb-7): 18; Total (for 2 wkts): 165 Fall of wickets: 1-28, 2-78 Bowling: Pollock 12-3-38-1, Ntini 8-0-29-0, Hall 12-5-39-1, Kallis 9-1-35-0, Adams 5-0-18-0.

Vaughan, wretchedly out of form since scoring 156 in the first Test, had promised something substantial with a series of flashing cover drives before departing for 23.

Pollock, the 19th man to take 300 wickets in test history and joining compatriot Allan Donald (330 wickets) on the list, has taken his wickets at just over 20 apiece. No bowler on that list ended their career with a better average.

Vaughan was followed by Mark Butcher (32) before Marcus Trescothick (64 not out) and fellow left-hander Graham Thorpe (28 not out), back in the side after a year’s exile, put on 87 without alarm before bad light ended the day four overs early. (Reuters)

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