MICHAEL POLLARD
Playing style:
Top order bat
Nickname:
Pols, Rango
Secondary school attended:
Wellington College
Club:
North City
Earliest cricket memory:
Playing for Mana Cricket Club at Ngatitoa Domain
Favourite ground to play cricket on:
The Hawkins Basin Reserve
Most memorable cricket moment:
Maiden first-class hundred
If I could bat/bowl in partnership with any cricketer from any era I would chose:
Matthew Hayden – he had an enormous presence at the crease
Favourite player growing up:
Ricky Ponting – fearless and incredible strokeplay
The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire:
Travis Pastrana
If I wasn’t a Firebirds cricketer I’d be:
Working as a pool boy in Spain and living off my tips
Favourite superhero:
Captain Planet
Favourite book/magazine:
The Kapi-Mana News
Favourite holiday destination:
Spain
If I was in a band I would play the:
Clarinet
In my spare time I like to:
Play golf, fish, sculpt, and go in leisurely strolls
Most people don’t know that I
: Drive a car entirely on expired credit cards; that I’m fluent in parseltongue
My signature dish is:
Tuna pasta bake