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Pollock put on 148 runs for the eighth South African wicket, a new eighth wicket record for the country, and South Africa
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40:one Test match in Zimbabwe in 1995
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175:Andy Flower
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91:twelfth man
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381:MV Boucher
377:SM Pollock
344:MV Boucher
326:SM Pollock
203:Test match
177:following
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122:Paul Adams
94:Nicky Boje
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321:N Johnson
303:Scorecard
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1486:tour of
1417:Scottish
1386:Namibian
1006:Pakistan
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261:Zimbabwe
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1336:2009–10
1331:2005–06
1326:2002–03
1321:1980–81
1305:1909–10
1298:English
1289:2022–23
1284:2017–18
1268:1998–99
1238:2017-18
1233:2016–17
1218:2005–06
1183:2022–23
1178:2017–18
1173:2007–08
1168:2003–04
1147:2019–20
1142:2016–17
1137:2008–09
1122:1994–95
1117:1982–83
1096:2007–08
1091:2001–02
1081:1995–96
1076:1991–92
1059:2024–25
1053:2020–21
1028:2002–03
1023:1997–98
1018:1994–95
1013:1992–93
987:2011–12
977:2000–01
972:1997–98
967:1992–93
951:2023–24
946:2022–23
941:2019–20
936:2015–16
931:2010–11
926:1990–91
921:1985–86
914:Ireland
860:1996–97
855:1992–93
839:2004–05
834:2001–02
824:1996–97
817:England
783:2006–07
773:2003–04
768:2000–01
726:2016–17
721:2015–16
539:Ward J
495:not out
372:DB Hair
295:
67:England
44:in 1992
22:toured
1314:Kenyan
1261:Danish
480:overs.
363:Harare
336:462/9
310:report
308:Wisden
293:
236:Wisden
216:Wisden
196:Wisden
1490:is a
1277:Dutch
848:India
425:Notes
1492:stub
1456:2023
1408:2022
1243:2018
1228:2014
1223:2010
1213:2003
1208:2001
1163:2001
1132:2004
1101:2014
1048:2018
1043:2015
1038:2013
1033:2011
997:2016
992:2015
982:2005
905:2024
900:2022
895:2016
890:2015
885:2013
880:2010
875:2005
870:2001
865:1998
808:2022
803:2021
798:2013
793:2011
788:2009
778:2006
752:2004
731:2022
716:2014
466:and
379:and
370:and
185:and
100:and
50:era
18:The
1433:UAE
1537::
646:,
629:^
620:,
577:,
552:^
543:,
524:,
361:,
1523:e
1516:t
1509:v
1498:.
696:e
689:t
682:v
270:v
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