Name: Michael Pollard

Playing Style: Right-hand bat

Nickname: Polz

Secondary School Attended: Wellington College

Club: North City

Earliest Cricket Memory: Playing for Mana

Favourite Ground to play: Basin Reserve

Most memorable cricket moment: First-Class hundred

Favourite player growing up: Ricky Ponting

The non-cricketing sports person or team I most admire: Travis Pastrana, Billy Graham

If I wasn’t a Firebird I’d be… A pool boy in Spain

Favourite superhero: Captain Planet

Favourite holiday destination: Spain

In my spare time I like to… Write poetry

My favourite song is… Hilltop Hoods – I love it

My signature dish is… Tuna pasta bake

My favourite movie is… Limitless

Chores as kid: Tidy my room

My favourite food is… Chicken Burgers

Favourite school subject: Physical Education

Worst school subject: Calculus, Maths

Do you have any pets? Two cats

If I could have anything, I would want… Superpowers