Graeme Pollock

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Graeme Pollock

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[edit]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Player Profile: Graeme Pollock". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ "The real deal". CricInfo. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Chesterfield, Trevor (3 January 2000). "Pollock named South Africa's Player of the Century". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Williamson, Martin. "Different era, same brilliance... Pt 2". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

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[cricpro-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 "Player Profile: Graeme Pollock". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[The_real_deal-2] "The real deal". CricInfo. 16 July 2003. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[century-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Chesterfield, Trevor (3 January 2000). "Pollock named South Africa's Player of the Century". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

[different_era-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Williamson, Martin. "Different era, same brilliance... Pt 2". CricInfo. Retrieved 2008-11-04.

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