Kieron Pollard

Cricketer

Trinidadian Tacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago

Quick Info

ProfessionCricketer
NationalityTrinidadian
Date of Birth12/05/1987
Age34 years (died on 20, Apr, 2022)
BirthplaceTacarigua, Trinidad and Tobago
Date of Death20/04/2022

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Bio/Wiki

Full NameKieron Adrian Pollard
Nicknames
  • The Beast
  • The Destroyer

Physical Stats & More

Height6' 4"
Weight98 kg
Eye ColorDark Brown
Hair ColorBlack

Personal Life

Family
Siblings2 (Both younger)
SpouseJenna Ali
Children
  • 1
  • Kaiden
Marital StatusMarried
ReligionChristianity
HobbiesPlaying football

Relationships & More

Affairs/GirlfriendsNot Known

Career

International Debut
TestN/A
ODI10 April 2007 vs South Africa in Grenada
T2020 June 2008 vs Australia in Barbados
Jersey Number#55 (West Indies), #55 (IPL, County Cricket)
Domestic/State Team
  • Stanford Superstars
  • West Indies
  • Mumbai Indians
  • Somerset
  • South Australia
  • Adelaide Strikers
  • Dhaka Gladiators
  • Barbados Tridents
  • Cape Cobras
  • Sylhet Super Stars
  • Melbourne Renegades
  • Karachi Kings
  • Multan Sultans
  • Peshawar Zalmi
  • St Lucia Stars
  • Toronto Nationals
  • MI Cape Town
  • MI Emirates
  • MI New York
Nature on fieldAggressive
Favourite Shot/BallPull Shot/Slower ball
Records
  • Played most T20 matches in a career
  • Fifth batsman to score 7,000 T20 runs
  • First West Indies cricketer to play 100 T20I matches
  • Third batsman to hit six sixes in an international over
  • Fourth West Indies batsman to score 1,000 runs in T20I cricket
  • First cricketer to play in 500 Twenty20 matches
Career Turning PointWhen he scored 54 off 18 balls for T&T against New South Wales in the 2009 Champions League T20
International Captaincy
PositionWest Indies ODI and T20I Captain
AppointedSeptember 2019
ReplacedJason Holder
Retirement20 April 2022

Favourites

Cricketers
Batsman
  • Brian Lara
  • Carl Hooper
Bowler
  • Curtly Ambrose
  • Courtney Walsh
Actors
  • Denzel Washington
  • Mark Wahlberg

Some Lesser Known Facts

1. Pollard grew up in challenging conditions with his mother and two sisters.
2. During the 2010 IPL season, he was among the highest-paid players.
3. In an IPL game against Chennai Super Kings in 2013, he missed catching Michael Hussey thrice in a row.
4. He established the Atlantic Pollard Scholarship to assist young cricketers in Trinidad.
5. A devoted supporter of Manchester United, he is a big fan of the football club.
6. It took him 19 matches to achieve his first half-century, which was against Australia in Brisbane.
7. In the IPL 2014 season, he was involved in a disagreement with Mitchell Starc.
8. He sustained a serious injury during a County cricket match from a delivery by Dominic Cork.
9. On March 3, 2021, Pollard became the third cricketer to hit six sixes in an international over, against Akhila Dananjaya.
10. In the same game, Akhila had previously secured a hat-trick by dismissing Evin Lewis, Chris Gayle, and Nicholas Pooran consecutively.
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