Kieron Pollard joins South Australia by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

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Player:	KA Pollard
Event:	KFC Twenty20 Big Bash 2009/10

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DateLine: 29th October 2009

 

Explosive West Indian all-rounder Kieron Pollard has signed for South Australia to play in their Twenty20 "Big Bash" campaign in December-January, team officials said on Thursday.

 

Pollard, 22, joins Pakistani allrounder Shahid Afridi in the Redbacks' ranks for the series of matches against the other Australian state sides.

 

The towering Pollard is a big-hitting right-hander who also bowls medium pace and was impressive in the recent Twenty20 Champions League for Trinidad and Tobago in India. He was largely responsible for Trinidad and Tobago's preliminary match victory over the New South Wales Blues with 54 runs off 18 deliveries.

 

Pollard clubbed 14 sixes overall in the competition and has an impressive Twenty20 strike rate of 143.

 

"We have been talking with Pollard for a while, even before his match-winning efforts in the Champions League, and we were thrilled to secure his signature," South Australia Cricket Association high performance manager Jamie Cox said.