The only difference between Shaun Pollock and Glenn McGrath was their on field behaviour. While Pollock behaved really well on the field even when the Batsmen were knocking him around for a few runs, McGrath was quite generous with the use of expletives. Otherwise, Pollock has been a model of nagging accuracy that made batsmen fall prey to him.
His has been a very distinguished career and one that I would term a complete one for a South African speedster, a country that was affected by the apartheid era. Since the country's return to international cricket in late 1991, only Allan Donald (then 25) is a bowler who has seen through a successful career and has lasted for over a decade. There have been other bowler who have come and gone, but none have left an indelible mark like Allan did. That, until a 22 year old Shuan arrived on the international scene in 1995.
Shaun Pollock, along with Jacques Kallis strengthened the South African middle order with their all round capabilities. Pollock, a lesser batsman showed the world that he was fit to be counted among the world's best with his record of over 400 test wickets and over 380 ODI wickets and add to that, over 3000 runs in both forms of the game.
Pollock has served his country for over 12 years and has chosen the right moment to go out on a high, pretty much similar to what Gilchrist did 3 days ago. I wish him all the very best for his future endavors and must say that it was a plesure watching him perform so consistently.
Shaun Pollock's Career Stats
http://www.cricketnext.com/stats1/html/SM%20Pollock.html
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