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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.

Something of a journeyman within South Africa, Pope did play 9 List-A matches for Cornwall, where his family originate, and one for Huntingdonshire 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*. 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. 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*. He also took 29 wickets in List-A cricket, at a bowling average of 22.55 apiece, with best figures of 4/38.

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.

Family

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.

References

1. "Teams Steven Pope played for". Cricketarchive.com.
2. ^ "List-A Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Steven Pope". Cricketarchive.com.
3. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Steven Pope". Cricketarchive.com.
4. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Steven Pope". Cricketarchive.com.
5. "List-A Bowling For Each Team by Steven Pope". Cricketarchive.com.
6. "Twenty20 Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Steven Pope". Cricketarchive.com.

External links

• Steven Pope at Cricinfo
• Steven Pope at CricketArchive

• 1972 births
• Living people
• Cricketers from East London, South Africa
• South African cricketers
• South African people of Cornish descent
• Eastern Province cricketers
• Border cricketers
• Warriors cricketers
• Huntingdonshire cricketers
• Cornwall cricketers
• South African expatriate cricketers in England
• Wicket-keepers