{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | international = | fullname = Martin Lee Pollard | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1977|8|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Shotley Bridge, County Durham, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Right-arm medium-fast | role = | family = | club1 = Northumberland | year1 = 2001–2006 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = List A | matches1 = 3 | runs1 = 10 | bat avg1 = 10.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 6 | deliveries1 = 156 | wickets1 = 2 | bowl avg1 = 39.50 | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = 1/18 | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 17 May | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/44098.html CricketArchive }}
'''Martin Lee Pollard''' (born 2 August 1977) is an English cricketer. Pollard is a right-handed batsman who bowls right-arm medium-fast. He was born in Shotley Bridge, County Durham.
Pollard made his debut for Northumberland in the 2001 Minor Counties Championship against the Hertfordshire. Pollard played Minor counties cricket for Northumberland from 2001 to 2006, which included 19 Minor Counties Championship matches<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Martin Pollard|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> and 17 MCCA Knockout Trophy matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/Minor_Counties_Trophy_Matches.html|title=Minor Counties Trophy Matches played by Martin Pollard|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> He made his List A debut against Staffordshire in the 2nd round of the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy which was held in 2001. He played 2 further List A matches, against Leicestershire in the 2003 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy and Middlesex in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/List_A_Matches.html|title=List A Matches played by Martin Pollard|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref> In his 3 List A matches, he took 2 wickets at a bowling average of 39.50, with best figures of 1/18. He currently plays for Tynemouth CC, in the North East Premier League, having done so since 2016, bowling off-spin, and has recently passed 500 NEPL wickets, despite major knee surgery for Sarcoma in 2020. Previously he played for Hetton Lyons, Blaydon, Benwell Hill (where he won the North East Premier League in 2002), Ashington, Gateshead Fell, Halesowen and Moseley Ashfield.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/a_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=List A Bowling For Each Team by Martin Pollard|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=17 May 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/19267.html Martin Pollard] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/44/44098/44098.html Martin Pollard] at CricketArchive
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pollard, Martin}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:English cricketers Category:Northumberland cricketers Category:Sportspeople from Shotley Bridge Category:Cricketers from County Durham