Kieron Pollard made his ODI debut in 2007, and played his last series against India, a country that has become his second home due to his long association with Mumbai Indians.
Kieron Pollard made his ODI debut in 2007, and played his last series against India, a country that has become his second home due to his long association with Mumbai Indians.
West Indies white-ball captain Kieron Pollard announced his retirement from international cricket on April 20, 2022, although he will continue to be independent in private T20 and T10 leagues around the world.
The 34-year-old Pollard, who made his ODI debut in 2007, played his last series rightfully against India, a country that has become his second home due to his long association. Mumbai Indians.
“Hello, after careful deliberation, I have decided to retire from international cricket. It was my dream to play for West Indies since I was a 10 year old boy and I am proud to have represented West Indies for more than 15 years. years in the T20 and ODI formats of the game,” Pollard announced on his official Instagram page.
While he is a apprehensive T20 cricketer, one of the best in the world, his numbers top 26 for West Indies with only 2,706 runs and 55 wickets in 123 ODIs with an average of 1,569 runs from 101 T20Is . of more than 25 shadows. He also took 44 wickets.
One of the greatest six-hitters, there was no bowler in world cricket who was not afraid to bowl fuller deliveries to Pollard in his prime as well as yorkers that were easily dug for straight sixes.
He had his problems against the slow bowlers and later when the teams did their homework, wide yorkers would be used effectively to stop his exploits.
While the highlight of his international career would be Akila Dhananjaya hitting six sixes in a T20I – the third after Herschelle Gibbs and Yuvraj Singh to do so. He was part of the 2012 ICC T20 World Cup winning West Indies team. He never played test cricket.
While he had three hundreds in ODIs, Pollard was never the same player for the Windies as he has been for Mumbai Indians or for that matter other franchises for which he has traded his way through all these years.
Perhaps, the financial crunch of West Indies cricket always made Pollard realize his priorities and that is why whenever he came to represent the national side, he was never at his best.
Evidence of this would be 99 sixes in 101 T20Is, less than a six per game and during his later years, his bowling skills declined significantly as he saw himself as a late-order hitter.