Graeme Pollock Scored 79 vs India | Old Masters Cup in India @ bombay 1995

Happy Birthday Graeme Pollock (Uncle Of @7polly7)
He would have played many more Tests but for the political situation in SAF, & had to settle for an average in excess of 60 from his 23 matches Score 2256 Runs. He Played Masters Cup in India 1995. Enjoy his 79* vs IND @ Bombay.

In the pantheon of cricketing greats, there are few players with fewer than 25 Test caps, but Graeme Pollock, who was born today, is certainly one. He would have played many more Tests but for the political situation in South Africa, and had to settle for an average in excess of 60 from his 23 matches. Pollock was a left-hand dasher of the highest quality, a glorious driver and a beautiful timer of the ball, with a railway-sleeper bat that sent the ball scudding away to the boundary. He made two hundreds in his first series, against Australia in 1963-64, but his enduring masterclass was at Trent Bridge in 1965 - 125 out of 160 scored while he was at the crease, in horrible batting conditions. He was still playing first-class cricket at 43 - in 1986-87 - and a year earlier he mangled a good Australian rebel-tour attack that included Rodney Hogg, Terry Alderman and Carl Rackemann. Pollock also once belted 222 not out off only 165 balls in a limited-overs game in Port Elizabeth. There was clearly something in those Pollock genes: his brother Peter and nephew Shaun weren't bad either.