Full name Peter Maclean Pollock
Born June 30, 1941, Pietermaritzburg, Natal
Current age 76 years 297 days
Major teams South Africa, Eastern Province
Also known as Pooch
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm fast
Relation Father - AM Pollock, Uncle - R Howden, Brother - RG Pollock, Cousin - RM Nicholson, Cousin - CR Nicholson, Son - SM Pollock, Nephew - AG Pollock, Nephew - GA Pollock
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | 100 | 50 | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
28 | 41 | 13 | 607 | 75* | 21.67 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
First-class | 127 | 177 | 43 | 3027 | 79 | 22.58 | 0 | 12 | 54 | 0 | |
List A | 8 | 8 | 2 | 176 | 42* | 29.33 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests ![]() |
28 | 52 | 6522 | 2806 | 116 | 6/38 | 10/87 | 24.18 | 2.58 | 56.2 | 1 | 9 | 1 |
First-class | 127 | 24513 | 10620 | 485 | 7/19 | 21.89 | 2.59 | 50.5 | 27 | 2 | |||
List A | 8 | 496 | 276 | 18 | 5/51 | 5/51 | 15.33 | 3.33 | 27.5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | South Africa v New Zealand at Durban, Dec 8-12, 1961 scorecard |
Last Test | South Africa v Australia at Port Elizabeth, Mar 5-10, 1970 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
First-class span | 1958/59 - 1971/72 |
List A span | 1969/70 - 1971/72 |
South African cricket's debt to Peter Pollock is threefold: as the country's premier fast bowler during the 1960s, the last decade before South Africa's international isolation; as convener of selectors during the 1990s, when he gave an inexperienced team a vision and pattern (unsurprisingly based on disciplined and relentless seam bowling) that has made the side one of the game's top two teams; and as Shaun Pollock's father he played a not insignificant role in providing South Africa with a Test captain and one of the world's leading allrounders.
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1966