Editing Shaun Pollock (section)

===Prominence===
He is joint 10th in the all-time best ever bowler ratings in the ICC Ratings,<ref>[http://www.lgiccrankings.com/test/bowling/all-time-ranking.php LG ICC Best-Ever Test Bowling Ratings]</ref> and has taken over 400 wickets and at the time of his retirement was one of only six players to have scored 3000 runs and taken 300 wickets in Test matches.

In June 2007 he represented an Africa XI in an [[One Day International|ODI]] game against an Asia XI in [[Bangalore]]. Playing as a specialist batsman, Pollock scored 130 from number 7 in the batting order, the highest ever score by an ODI batsman in that position.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/284242.html|title=Records – One-Day Internationals – Most runs in an innings (by batting position)|work=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref> The record would however not last long, [[MS Dhoni]] bettered it later in the series. In 2007, he received the SA Player's Player award and the SA ODI Player of the Year Award.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cricket/pollock-gets-3-nominations-in-sa-cricket-awards/story-Wwcqns92X8k2noW0fFTbgP.html|title=Pollock gets 3 nominations in SA cricket awards|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=6 May 2007|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/cricket/story/_/id/22952144/pollock-named-south-african-cricketer-year|title=Pollock named South African Cricketer of the Year|publisher=[[ESPN]]|date=10 May 2007|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>

He was the leading wicket taker for South Africa in Tests until [[Dale Steyn]] overtook him on 26 December 2018. He took over 400 test wickets and scored over 3,700 test runs in his 108 Test matches.<ref name="Pollock dropped by South Africa">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/7018166.stm|title=Morkel injury hands Pollock hope|publisher=BBC News|date=29 September 2007|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/Sport/steyn-ties-pollock-atop-all-time-sa-wicket-taker-list-20180714|title=Steyn ties Pollock atop all-time SA wicket-taker list|publisher=Sport24|date=14 July 2018|access-date=3 December 2022}}</ref>