ICC Hall of Fame
Pollock
South AfricaHe only played 23 Tests, but Graeme Pollock is considered one of the greatest left-handed batsmen to grace the game. He averaged 60.97 across those 23 Tests, and his highest score of 274 remained a South Africa record for 29 years.
Player Bio
One of the finest left-hand batsmen the game has ever produced, Graeme Pollock was born on February 27, 1944, in Durban, South Africa. In a career spanning just 23 Tests before South Africa was banned from international cricket for its Apartheid policy, he scored a total of 2,256 runs at an average of 60.97, including seven centuries. His high score of 274 against Australia remained a South African record for a number of years.
He scored his first first-class century at the age of 16 and then went on to register his first Test hundred at the age of 19 in Australia. In 262 first-class matches, he scored a total of 20,940 runs including 64 centuries and 99 half-centuries.
