5 cricketers who were more successful than their fathers

#3 Peter Pollock and Shaun Pollock

Shaun Pollock (left) receiving a “Man of the Match” from father Peter Pollock

Shaun Pollock was one the leading fast bowlers of his time, and along with his batting skills, he was the perfect all-rounder every team would have loved to have. The bowling duo of Alan Donald and Pollock was a nightmare to every batsman during the 90s. The Port-Elizabeth born was shouldered with the responsibility of leading the Proteas after Hansie Cronje was suspended on match-fixing allegations but most will remember him for his bowling skills.

Pollock played 108 Tests, and is still South Africa’s highest wicket-taker in Tests with 421 scalps and also has two centuries to his name with an impressive batting average of 32.31. With 387 ODI wickets, he also tops the highest wicket-takers list for the African nation in the 50-over format too. The dynamic all-rounder retired from International cricket in 2008 after a tryst with T20 cricket.

Similar to his son, Peter was also the leading fast bowler for South Africa of his era and provided the African side with the force to compete with the best. Though he was not as effective as his son, Shaun, became later on, Peter still managed to produce a few memorable performances. He played 28 Tests and picked up 116 wickets with a career best of 6/38 but was not as good with the bat as his son.