T20 Blast: Kieron Pollard scored 14 runs and picked up one wicket as Surrey beat Gloucestershire by 37 runs on the Kennington Oval,
Kieron Pollard of West Indies. Courtesy: Reuters
HIGHLIGHTSPollard picked up the wicket of the opposition skipperSurrey beat Gloucestershire by 37 runsWill Jacks scored a fifty for Gloucestershire
Former West Indies skipper Kieron Pollard got here up with an attention-grabbing celebration throughout Surrey’s match in opposition to Gloucestershire on Tuesday, May 31 on the Kennington Oval in London. The veteran scored solely 14 runs off 15 balls with one 4 earlier than Netherlands’ quick bowler Paul van Meekeren dismissed him.
During Gloucestershire’s run-chase, Pollard picked up the wicket of opposition skipper Jack Taylor. After making an attempt to go for an aerial stroke down the bottom, the batter flung his bat on the bottom as he wasn’t in a position to time the ball correctly.
After Jason Roy took a easy catch, Pollard introduced up a novel celebration. The Surrey teammates went as much as the Trinidadian and congratulated him.
Come for the wicket, keep for the celebration @surreycricket | @KieronPollard55 | #Blast22 pic.twitter.com/NbOdr19AGS
— Vitality Blast (@VitalityBlast) June 1, 2022
As far because the match was involved, Surrey defeated Gloucestershire by 37 runs after bowling their opposition out for 92 in 15 overs. After being requested to chase 130 within the rain-curtailed match, Gloucestershire strained to seek out any kind of momentum with the bat. Ryan Higgins top-scored for them with 37 earlier than Sam Curran accounted for his wicket.
Recently, Pollard had a lacklustre marketing campaign for the Mumbai Indians (MI) within the 2022 version of the Indian Premier League (IPL). Prior to a match between the Chennai Super Kings (CSK), Pollard didn’t discover a place within the MI lineup. Later, skipper Rohit Sharma mentioned that it was Pollard’s resolution to step away after performing not so effectively.
“He (Pollard) was the one who came up to us and he was ready for it,” Rohit was quoted as saying earlier than the beginning of the match.
