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Full name Robert Graeme Pollock
Born February 27, 1944, Durban, Natal
Current age 64 years 185 days
Major teams South Africa,Eastern Province,Transvaal
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Relations Father - AM Pollock,Uncle - R Howden,Brother - PM Pollock,Son - AG Pollock,Son - GA Pollock,Nephew - SM Pollock
Batting and fielding averages
Mat
Inns
NO
Runs
HS
Ave
100
50
6s
Ct
St
Tests
23
41
4
2256
274
60.97
7
11
11
17
0
First-class
262
437
54
20940
274
54.67
64
99
248
0
List A
118
112
19
4656
222*
50.06
12
25
45
0
Bowling averages
Mat
Inns
Balls
Runs
Wkts
BBI
BBM
Ave
Econ
SR
4w
5w
10
Tests
23
13
414
204
4
2/50
2/50
51.00
2.95
103.5
0
0
0
First-class
262
3743
2062
43
3/46
47.95
3.30
87.0
0
0
List A
118
63
59
0
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5.61
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0
Career statistics
Test debut
Australia v South Africa at Brisbane, Dec 6-11, 1963 scorecard
Last Test
South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-10, 1970 scorecard
Test statistics
First-class span
1960/61 - 1986/87
List A span
1969/70 - 1986/87
Profile
Perhaps the finest left-hand batsman the game has ever produced - Donald Bradman certainly thought so, classing only Garry Sobers as his equal among those he saw play. Another deprived of greater exposure by South Africa's isolation, Pollock showed in his 23 Tests what an awesome talent he possessed; his highest score of 274 was for many years the South African Test record. Pollock was an extremely powerful batsman, although his timing was perhaps his most obvious natural asset, and could also bowl effective legspin at times. He scored his maiden first-class century when he was just 16 and then posted his first Test hundred at 19 in Australia. Part of the cricketing Pollock family, brother of Peter and uncle to Shaun, he now sits on the South African selection committee. Neil Manthorp
