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mediumGraeme Pollock's career Test batting average of 60.97 remains one of the highest ever recorded, but his career was cut short at just 23 Tests. Why did his international career end so abruptly in 1970?
AA career-ending knee injury
✓South Africa's sporting isolation over apartheid
CHe was banned for match-fixing
DHe retired to focus on domestic cricket
Answer Explanation
Graeme Pollock's Test career ended in March 1970 when South Africa was banned from international cricket due to its apartheid policies, cutting short a career in which he averaged 60.97 — among the highest in Test history.