Robert Graeme Pollock, known as Graeme, (born 27 February 1944 in Durban, Natal, South Africa) was a national cricketer for South Africa. He played in 23 test matches for his country.
He comes from a famous cricketing family,[1][2] Pollock is widely seen as South Africa's greatest cricketer,[3][4] and as one of the best left-handed batsmen to have played Test cricket.[1][4]
He won many awards, including:
- South Africa's Cricketer of the 20th Century [3] (chosen in 1999)
- One of Wisden's Cricketers of the Year [1] (chosen in 1966)
- Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 1967 and 1969 (chosen in 2007).
Donald Bradman said that Pollock and Sir Garfield Sobers were the best left-handers Bradman had ever seen play cricket.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Player Profile: Graeme Pollock. CricInfo.
- ↑ The real deal. CricInfo(16 July 2003).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Pollock named South Africa's Player of the Century, Chesterfield, Trevor. CricInfo(3 January 2000).
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Different era, same brilliance... Pt 2, Williamson, Martin. CricInfo.