Michael Pollard (cricketer)

Michael Pollard
Personal information
Full name
Michael Alan Pollard
Born (1989-11-02) 2 November 1989 (age 35)
Wellington, New Zealand
BattingRight-handed
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
2009/10–2019/20Wellington
2017/18Canterbury
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 51 58 83
Runs scored 2,522 1,820 1,564
Batting average 28.65 33.09 20.85
100s/50s 3/16 2/10 0/8
Top score 166 119 76
Catches/stumpings 47/– 27/– 39/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2024

Michael Alan Pollard (born 2 November 1989) is a New Zealand first-class cricketer who played for Wellington from 2009–10 to 2019–20, with one season for Canterbury in 2017–18.[1]

A right-handed middle-order batsman who sometimes opened the batting in one-day cricket, Pollard made his highest first-class score of 166 for Wellington against Otago in the 2013–14 Plunket Shield, when he and James Franklin added 238 for the fourth wicket.[2] His highest List A score was 119, out of Canterbury's all-out total of 231, against Northern Districts in the 2017–18 Ford Trophy.[3]

  1. ^ "Michael Pollard". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Otago vs Wellington, at Invercargill, Dec 12 2013". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Northern Dis vs Canterbury, 9th Match at Christchurch, Dec 10 2017". Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2024.