Shaun Pollock, one of the sleeping giants of South Africa's World Cup campaign, will be seeking a change of fortune when he lines up against Pakistan in their Super Six match at Trent Bridge on Saturday. "It has been a bit frustrating," admitted the 25-year-old South African all-rounder and vice-captain after taking just three wickets in five matches. "I feel I've done all right but the wickets are not coming."

Playing against Pakistan has often brought the best out of Pollock, while Trent Bridge is a ground of great sentimental significance to the Pollock clan.

Against England in 1965, Pollock's uncle Graeme scored a century and a fifty, and His father Peter took 10 wickets here as South Africa gained a Test series-clinching win.

Pollock Junior followed in those large footsteps in 1997-98 by wrecking Pakistan's hopes twice in successive matches when South Africa were on tour.

With Pakistan needing only 146 to win the third and final Test inFaisalabad, Pollock took three wickets in four balls and finished with five for 37 as South Africa won by 53 runs.

Six days later, he produced an even more astonishing spell.

In a limited-overs floodlit tournament, Pollock, exploiting the evening dew, took three wickets for no runs in the first over as Pakistan chased 272 to win. South Africa went on to win the tournament.

Such feats helped Pollock reach 1,000 runs and 100 wickets in both Tests and one-day internationals last season. He achieved the one-day double in 68 matches, faster than any player before him.

Yet the World Cup has been largely barren for the flame-haired all-rounder, with bat and ball. He has had to play a supporting role while his room-mate and close friend Lance Klusener has won three successive man-of-the-match awards. Pollock points, though, to his good economy rate. He and Steve Elworthy shared the fourth most economical figures in the first round, conceding 2.91 runs an over.

"I feel I have done a job for the team but Iwould like to take a few wickets," said Pollock.

Allott's having a ball

LONDON: Pace bowler Geoff Allott will top New Zealand's list of potential match-winners when they clash in the World Cup Super Six second round with Zimbabwe at Headingley on Sunday. His excellent bowling is now earning him as many headlines as his batting did earlier in the year.

The 27-year-old Canterbury bowler -- known affectionately as a "Genuine Number 11" -- became the toast of his team-mates in March when he batted for a world record 102 minutes without scoring in the first Test against South Africa in Auckland.

That performance, which outdid the previous 50-year mark set by England's Godfrey Evans, helped save the match but has led to him being teased ever since. "I'm not sure whether to be happy with it or not," he says of the record. "The boys have given me a bit of gibbing."

Allott's bowling, however, is now the issue.

The powerful left-armer, whose style makes him a mirror image of England's right-armpaceman Darren Gough, tops the wicket-taking charts with 15 after the first phase of the World Cup.

His best, four for 37, helped New Zealand defeat Australia and get them through to the second round.

Before the tournament, Allott was seen as a bowler offering pace and bounce rather than control but he has managed to balance those twin necessities here. His victims have cost him just 12.33 runs apiece -- only five bowlers have a better average here.