Pollocks been nothing impressive in the past 2 years in odi's and in a couple of test series. He seems to perform well at home, against teams that dont tend to travel well, India and Pakistan, but away from home he has struggled of late. Here are his averages in Test series in the past 2 years:
Australia away: 8 wickets at 54.37
Australia home: 4 wickets at 66.25
New Zealand at home: 5 wickets at 22.40
Sri Lanka away: 1 wicket at 112.00
India home: 13 wickets at 16.00
Pakistan home: 8 wickets at 23.37
I feel that Pollock is only useful in test matches at home nowadays, he doesnt seem to have it away from home anymore.
The we look at Odi's in the past 2 years, where players have started to really go for him and look to attack the powerplays. Here are his odi series averages:
VB Series Australia: 11 wickets at 20.37
Australia home: 5 wickets at 19.80
Zimbabwe home: 1 wicket at 57.00 (dissapointing)
Champ trophy: 5 wickets at 18.60
India home: 10 wickets at 8.30 (impressive)
Pakistan home: 9 wickets at 18.66 (impressive again)
World Cup: 8 wickets at 37.00 (very dissapointing, and expensive)
Zimbabwe away: 2 wickets at 48.50 (again dissapointing)
Pakistan away: 4 wickets at 43.50
Pollock again seems to struggle away from home, in the past year anyway, which i therefore believe means that he cannot be seen as a successful all-rounder. His batting averages have been impressive, but when you bat down the order it's easier to maintain a good average with not outs, his odi batting average has been dissapointing though, with only 1 series, the afro-asia cup showing real ability with the bat, with 1 hundred and 1 fifty to his name. He can still do a job for South Africa, but with Steyn, Morkel and other young quicks on his tail i think his time is limited, he is a useful squad member in home series though.
