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Full name | Steven Charles Pope | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | East London, Cape Province, South Africa | 15 November 1972||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Leg break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | Occasional wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2003/04 | Eastern Cape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2004/05-2005/06 | Warriors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2000–2003 | Cornwall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999 | Huntingdonshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995/96-2005/06 | Border | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1995/96 | Border B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1993/94-1994/95 | Eastern Province | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992/93-1994/95 | Eastern Province B | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:Cricinfo,15 September 2010 |
Steven Charles Pope (born 15 November 1972) is a South African former cricketer. Pope was a right-handed batsman who bowled leg break and occasionally played as a wicketkeeper. Pope was born at East London,Cape Province.
In a career that lasted 14 seasons,he represented Eastern Cape,Border,Border B,Warriors,Huntingdonshire,Cornwall,Eastern Province and Eastern Province B. [1]
Something of a journeyman within South Africa,Pope did play 9 List-A matches for Cornwall,where his family originate,and one for Huntingdonshire [2] in English county cricket. In his 14-year career,he forged a successful,if inconsistent first-class career. He played 93 first-class matches,where he scored 5,958 runs at a batting average of 32.91,with 27 half centuries and 12 centuries. His highest score in first-class cricket was 156*. [3] With the ball he took 48 wickets at a bowling average of 31.27,with 2 five wicket hauls and best figures of 7/62. [4] In List-A cricket,he played a total of 106 matches,where he scored 2,660 runs at an average of 31.29. In the process,he made 21 half centuries,but no centuries,with a high score of 98*. [2] He also took 29 wickets in List-A cricket,at a bowling average of 22.55 apiece,with best figures of 4/38. [5]
Toward the end of his career,Twenty20 cricket was introduced,with Pope playing 6 matches each in the format for Eastern Cape and later Warriors. In his 12 matches he scored 116 runs at an average of 12.88,with a high score of 34. [6]
His father Charles Pope played first-class and List-A cricket for Border. His uncle Ken McEwan also played first-class and List-A cricket.
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