South African batting great Graeme Pollock rued the loss of his friend and former teammate Clive Rice yesterday. He tried his best to put the 66-year-old premier all-rounder's brain tumour-caused death in perspective by saying, "when your time is up, it's up."


Graeme Pollock 

There was another regret which Pollock was open about: "It's just sad to think that Clive was around for so long, but not used in South African cricket. He could have made a wonderful contribution as a manager/coach and in different capacities."