Former South African cricket team’s veteran cricketer Graeme Pollock has once again had to be admitted to the hospital due to ill health. Graeme turned 80 on February 27 and suffered a stroke 10 days ago. Spook Hanley, who has played cricket with Graeme Pollock, came to meet him on Friday, March 29. After this meeting, he gave information about Graeme’s health.

The 72-year-old cricketer has said that Graeme is able to move his arms and legs and understand what someone is saying to him. However, Spook has also said that there is no possibility that Graeme will be released from the hospital any time soon.

Also, for your information, let us tell you that Graeme Pollock is the uncle of former South African cricket legend Shaun Pollock. At present this former cricketer is suffering from colon cancer and a serious disease named Parkinson.

So during his playing days, Graeme Pollock was a left-handed batsman, who sometimes also bowled leg spin. Born in Durban, South Africa, this former cricketer made his debut for South Africa in December 1963 against Australia at the Gabba, Brisbane. So, Graeme was last seen playing for the Proteas team in the year 1970 against Australia at St. George’s Park Stadium in Gqeberha.

A look at Graeme Pollock’s cricket career

On the other hand, if we give you information about Graeme Pollock’s cricket career, he has played 23 test matches for South Africa. During this period, Graeme had scored a total of 2256 runs for the Proteas team at an average of 60.97 and strike rate of 112.35. These runs included 11 half-centuries and 7 centuries.