Batting legend Graeme Pollock reckons South African cricket appears "pretty mediocre" in the wake of the retirements of illustrious batsman Hashim Amla, pace ace Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers before them.

"SA have lost a lot of quality players over the years and I think they are going to struggle for the next few years to fill the gaps caused by the exits of those players," Pollock, 75, told mid-day from Johannesburg yesterday.