Alasdair Pollock

{{Short description|English cricketer (born 1993)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Alasdair Pollock

| image = Pollock 2.jpg

| caption = Pollock at the Varsity cricket match in 2015, Fenner's

| country = England

| fullname = Alasdair William Pollock

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 0

| batting = Right-handed

| bowling = Right-arm medium-fast

| role = Bowler

| family = Angus Pollock (father)
Ed Pollock (brother)

| club1 = Cambridge University

| year1 = 2013–2015

| type1 = First-class

| debutdate1 = 5 April

| debutyear1 = 2013

| debutfor1 = Cambridge

| debutagainst1 = Essex

| lastdate1 = 30 June

| lastyear1 = 2015

| lastfor1 = Cambridge

| lastagainst1 = Oxford

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 8

| runs1 = 158

| bat avg1 = 15.80

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 45

| deliveries1 = 1,613

| wickets1 = 25

| bowl avg1 = 34.96

| fivefor1 = 0

| tenfor1 = 0

| best bowling1 = 4/43

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–

| date = 26 July 2017

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/628014.html ESPNcricinfo

}}

Alasdair Pollock (born 24 October 1993) is an English cricketer, who played first-class cricket for Cambridge MCCU.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/county-cricket-2014/content/current/player/628014.html|title = Alasdair Pollock profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos}} A right-arm medium-pacer, Pollock scored 44 not out on his first-class debut, against Essex County Cricket Club, at number 9 in the order, out of a total of just 99. Pollock played 7 further first-class matches between 2013 and 2015.{{cite web| url = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/593316.html| title = Full Scorecard of Essex vs Cambs MCCU 2013 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com}} In his second match against Essex County Cricket Club in 2014, Pollock dismissed the then England Test Cricket captain Alastair Cook in both innings.

Pollock studied at Royal Grammar School, Worcester and, for sixth form, Shrewsbury School, then afterwards at Robinson College, Cambridge, where he obtained a BA in geography. He captained the Cambridge blues cricket team to T20 and four-day glory, but was not as successful in the one-day format.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cucc.net/pages/players-display-253 |title=Cambridge University Cricket Club - Player Profiles |access-date=1 December 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150602031955/http://www.cucc.net/pages/players-display-253 |archive-date=2 June 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}