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Shaun Maclean Pollock is a South African cricket commentator and former cricketer,who was captain in all formats of the game. A bowling all-rounder,Pollock along with Allan Donald formed a bowling partnership for many years. From 2000 to 2003 he was the captain of the South African cricket team,and also played for Africa XI,World XI,Dolphins and Warwickshire. He was chosen as the Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 2003. Pollock was a member of the South Africa team that won the 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy,the only ICC trophy the country has won till date.
Robert Graeme Pollock is a former cricketer for South Africa,Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family,Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever cricketers,and as one of the greatest batsmen in the history of cricket. Despite Pollock's international career being cut short at the age of 26 by the sporting boycott of South Africa,and all but one of his 23 Test matches being against England and Australia,the leading cricket nations of the day,he broke a number of records. His completed career Test match batting average of 60.97 remains the third best behind Sir Don Bradman and Adam Voges.
Barry Anderson Richards is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature",Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen. He was able to play only four Test matches –all against Australia –before South Africa's exclusion from the international scene in 1970. In that brief career,against a competitive Australian attack,Richards scored 508 runs at the high average of 72.57. Richards' contribution in that series was instrumental in the 4–0 win that South Africa inflicted on the side,captained by Bill Lawry. His first century,140,was scored in conjunction with Graeme Pollock's 274 in a famous 103-run partnership. Mike Procter,whose South African and English career roughly paralleled that of Richards,was prominent in that series as a bowler.
Peter Maclean Pollock is a retired South African cricketer. He has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player and selector. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He was primarily a fast bowler,but was also a useful late-order batsman.
Graeme"Foxy" Fowler is an English former professional cricketer and cricket coach,who played for Lancashire County Cricket Club,England,and later for Durham. He appeared in 21 Test matches and 26 One Day International (ODIs) for England,averaging 35.32 in his Test batting career. After his playing career he founded the centre of excellence scheme at Durham MCCU based at Durham University in 1996,the success of which led the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to establish five more centres;Fowler stepped down as head coach in 2015,after changes in the scheme.
The ICC Super Series 2005 was a cricket series held in Australia during October 2005,organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was played between Australia and a World XI team of players selected from other countries. The series consisted of three One Day Internationals and one Test match. Australia won all four matches.
Arthur Dudley Nourse was a South African Test cricketer. Primarily a batsman,he was captain of the South African team from 1948 to 1951.
The South African cricket team toured Australia for cricket matches during the 2005–06 season. South Africa had already played two One Day International series during this season,beating New Zealand 4–0 at home before travelling to India and drawing the series there 2–2. The team had been playing 14 successive ODIs before arriving in Australia,with their last Test match against West Indies in April and May 2005. South Africa played one first class warm-up match,one three-day warm-up match without first class status,and one one-day match before they embarked on the three-Test series,which began on 16 December and ended on 6 January. They also participated in the 2005–06 VB Series,a three-team one-day tournament,along with Australia and Sri Lanka,where they finished last.
The 2005–06 edition of the VB Series was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Australia in January and February 2006,between the hosting nation's team,South Africa and Sri Lanka.. The teams played each other four with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending on run rate. The top two teams on points went through to the best-of-three finals series. All matches were day-night matches except the final meeting between South Africa and Sri Lanka.
The 2003 English cricket season was the 104th in which the County Championship had been an official competition. It was notable for the first official County Championship of the oldest county club,Sussex,and the first Twenty20 championship,the Twenty20 Cup.
1965 was the 66th season of County Championship cricket in England. It was the first season since the 1912 Triangular Tournament in which England played Test series against two touring sides. In the first half of a damp summer,New Zealand were the tourists,and England won all three matches. The South African side that toured in the second half of the season were much tougher opposition. South Africa won that three-match series 1–0,with two matches drawn. It was the last tour of England by a South African team until 1993. Fred Trueman's international career ended,although he did not retire from first-class cricket until the end of the 1968 season. Worcestershire won their second consecutive Championship title.
The South African cricket team toured England in the second half of the 1965 season,winning the three match Test series 1–0,with two matches drawn. They had a young and improving side. Their players included Graeme Pollock and his brother Peter,Colin Bland and Eddie Barlow.
Andrew Maclean Pollock was a Scottish-born South African cricketer,who played a small number of first-class matches for Orange Free State. A left-handed batsman and wicketkeeper,he was the father of Peter Pollock and Graeme Pollock,the grandfather of Shaun,Anthony and Andrew Graeme Pollock,and the brother in law of Robert Howden.
Anthony Graeme Pollock is a South African former cricketer. Born in Port Elizabeth,Cape Province,he comes from a cricketing family. He is the son of Graeme Pollock and cousin of the all-rounder Shaun Pollock. His brother Andrew also played for Transvaal and Gauteng.
Andrew Pollock is the name of two cricketers:
Pollock is a surname. In some cases,it originates as a locative name derived from Upper Pollock,Renfrewshire,Scotland. An early bearer of a form of this surname is Peter de Pollok,in about 1172–1178. In other cases,the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name *Pollok. An early bearer of a form of this surname is Roger Pollok,in 1332.
The South African national cricket team was meant to tour Australia over the 1971–72 Australian summer.
Edward John Pollock is an English cricketer. He made his Twenty20 cricket debut for Warwickshire in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast on 23 July 2017. He made his List A debut for Warwickshire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup on 17 May 2018. In July 2021,in the 2021 Royal London One-Day Cup,Pollock scored his first century in List A cricket. In April 2022,in the opening round of matches in the 2022 County Championship,Pollock scored his maiden century in first-class cricket,with 112 runs against Leicestershire.
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