The West Indian players were mainly talented understudies struggling to break into the great West Indian Test team of the period, or men past their prime as Test players. First-class cricketers in the West Indies were then poorly paid and the participants, many of whom had irregular or no employment in the off-season, received between US$100,000 and US$125,000 for the two tours. West Indies cricket was so strong that Clive Lloyd had little need for the likes of Lawrence Rowe, Collis King and Sylvester Clarke. Rowe has since stated that he and several other players were disillusioned with the West Indies Cricket Board for not selecting them despite good performances.[1]
The previous season a Sri Lankan team toured South Africa which was theorised to have helped pave the way for players from the West Indies to tour by demonstrating it possible for a non-white cricket team to tour South Africa safely.[2]
The strength of Caribbean cricket was evidenced in the 'international' matches, where South Africa received their first real test. A fiercely contested four-week series in 1982–3 took 'unofficial internationals' to new heights, the Springboks winning the one-day series 4–2 while the 'Test' series was drawn 1–1. The dominant theme of the match-ups was West Indian fast bowling. Colin Croft was one of four World Cup winners in the party. Their pace battery, featuring Clarke, Croft, Stephenson, Bernard Julien and Ezra Moseley, the Springbok batsmen wore helmets for the first time. The frantic first series, organised in secret and conducted on the hoof, set up a fierce battle when the West Indians returned for a full tour the following season.
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Rowe declared because David Murray could not find his cricket trousers in time to bat
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The West Indian players were given life bans in all forms of the game, depriving West Indian cricket of a large amount of player talent. Despite earning much money from the tour many West Indian players faced social stigma and unemployment afterwards with nine leaving the Caribbean altogether as a result. Though the ban was lifted in 1989 only one of the players, Ezra Moseley, was selected to play for the West Indies post 1989.[3]
Referencesedit
^Mcdonald, Michelle (12 April 2011). ""Yagga" Rowe tackles apartheid, part 3". Caribbeancricket.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
^Alfred, Luke (16 January 2019). "When Sri Lanka went to cuckoo land". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^Vaidyanathan, Siddhartha (20 March 2007). "The unforgiven". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
Further readingedit
May, Peter (2009). The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience. SportsBooks. ISBN978-1899807802.
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In January and February 1983 a representative team of West Indian cricket players undertook a so called Rebel tour to South Africa to play a series of matches against the South African team At the time the International Cricket Council ICC had placed a moratorium on international cricket teams making tours of South Africa due to the nation s government policy of apartheid leaving South Africa with no official international competition West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1982 83 South AfricaWest IndiesDates15 January 1983 13 February 1983CaptainsPeter KirstenLawrence RoweTest seriesResult2 match series drawn 1 1One Day International seriesResultsSouth Africa won the 6 match series 4 2 Contents 1 Background 2 Touring team 3 Tour matches 4 Aftermath 5 References 6 Further readingBackground editThe West Indian players were mainly talented understudies struggling to break into the great West Indian Test team of the period or men past their prime as Test players First class cricketers in the West Indies were then poorly paid and the participants many of whom had irregular or no employment in the off season received between US 100 000 and US 125 000 for the two tours West Indies cricket was so strong that Clive Lloyd had little need for the likes of Lawrence Rowe Collis King and Sylvester Clarke Rowe has since stated that he and several other players were disillusioned with the West Indies Cricket Board for not selecting them despite good performances 1 The previous season a Sri Lankan team toured South Africa which was theorised to have helped pave the way for players from the West Indies to tour by demonstrating it possible for a non white cricket team to tour South Africa safely 2 The strength of Caribbean cricket was evidenced in the international matches where South Africa received their first real test A fiercely contested four week series in 1982 3 took unofficial internationals to new heights the Springboks winning the one day series 4 2 while the Test series was drawn 1 1 The dominant theme of the match ups was West Indian fast bowling Colin Croft was one of four World Cup winners in the party Their pace battery featuring Clarke Croft Stephenson Bernard Julien and Ezra Moseley the Springbok batsmen wore helmets for the first time The frantic first series organised in secret and conducted on the hoof set up a fierce battle when the West Indians returned for a full tour the following season Touring team editPlayer Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team Lawrence Rowe c 8 January 1949 Right hand Left arm fast medium nbsp Jamaica Richard Austin 5 September 1954 Right hand Right arm medium off break nbsp Jamaica Herbert Chang 2 July 1952 Left hand Right arm medium nbsp Jamaica Sylvester Clarke 11 December 1954 Right hand Right arm fast nbsp Barbados Colin Croft 15 March 1953 Right hand Right arm fast nbsp Guyana Alvin Greenidge 20 August 1956 Right hand Right arm medium nbsp Barbados Bernard Julien 13 March 1950 Right hand Left arm medium fast nbsp Trinidad and Tobago Alvin Kallicharran 21 March 1949 Left hand Right arm offbreak nbsp Guyana Collis King 11 June 1951 Right hand Right arm medium nbsp Barbados Everton Mattis 11 April 1957 Right hand Right arm offbreak nbsp Jamaica Ezra Moseley 5 January 1958 Right hand Right arm medium fast nbsp Barbados David Murray 29 May 1950 Right hand wicket keeper nbsp Barbados Albert Padmore 17 December 1944 Right hand Right arm offbreak nbsp Barbados Derick Parry 22 December 1954 Right hand Right arm offbreak nbsp Leeward Islands Franklyn Stephenson 8 April 1959 Right hand Right arm fast nbsp Barbados Emmerson Trotman 10 November 1954 Right hand Right arm medium nbsp Barbados Ray Wynter 27 November 1955 Right hand Right arm medium fast nbsp JamaicaTour matches edit15 January 1983 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 204 9 50 overs v Western Province183 49 4 overs Collis King 79 Stephen Jefferies 4 31 10 overs Graham Gooch 64 Ezra Moseley 4 23 9 4 overs West Indies won by 21 runsNewlands Cape Town Umpires Albert Maasch and Herbert Martin Player of the match Collis King WI Western Province won the toss and decided to field 15 January 1983 Scorecard Border100 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies103 3 23 overs Raymond Ranger 23 Sylvester Clarke 2 18 7 overs Collis King 57 Dirk Scott 2 32 7 overs West Indies won by 7 wicketsJan Smuts Ground East London Umpires Oswald Schoof and Dudley Schoof Toss not known 19 January 1983 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 243 49 2 overs v Eastern Province158 44 2 overs Collis King 71 James Carse 4 31 9 2 overs Robert Armitage 58 Franklyn Stephenson 5 20 7 2 overs West Indies won by 85 runsSt George s Park Port Elizabeth Umpires Sandy Matthews and Timothy Pole Player of the match Franklyn Stephenson WI Toss not known First Test 21 25 January 1983 4 day match Scorecard South Africa nbsp v nbsp West Indies 449 132 4 overs Graeme Pollock 100 Derick Parry 5 117 43 overs 246 75 overs Richard Austin 93 Vintcent van der Bijl 4 44 20 overs 108 5 30 overs Graeme Pollock 43 Sylvester Clarke 2 22 15 overs 309 122 4 overs f oAlvin Kallicharran 89 Stephen Jefferies 4 58 35 4 overs South Africa won by 5 wicketsNewlands Cape Town Umpires Barry Smith and Oswald Schoof South Africa won the toss and elected to bat 23 January was a rest day Second Test 28 January 1 February 1983 4 day match Scorecard West Indies nbsp v nbsp South Africa 267 78 overs Collis King 101 Alan Kourie 6 55 29 overs 233 78 3 overs Graeme Pollock 73 Sylvester Clarke 5 66 23 3 overs 176 62 1 overs Alvin Greenidge 48 Garth Le Roux 3 46 15 1 overs 181 71 2 overs Barry Richards 59 Sylvester Clarke 7 34 22 2 overs West Indies won by 29 runsNew Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Umpires Cyril Mitchley and Dudley Schoof South Africa won the toss and decided to field 30 January was a rest day 3 February 1983 Scorecard Natal202 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies118 38 3 overs Barry Richards 54 Franklyn Stephenson 4 46 9 overs Colin Croft 33 Kenneth Cooper 3 26 6 overs Natal won by 84 runsKingsmead Durban Umpires Denzil Bezuidenhout and Karl Liebenberg Toss not known First ODI 5 February 1983 Scorecard South Africa nbsp 250 7 50 overs v nbsp West Indies159 44 3 overs Barry Richards 102 Ezra Moseley 2 43 10 overs Alvin Greenidge 32 Alan Kourie 3 24 10 overs South Africa won by 91 runsSt George s Park Port Elizabeth Umpires Desmond Sansom and Dudley Schoof South Africa won the toss and decided to bat Second ODI 7 February 1983 Scorecard South Africa nbsp 194 8 50 overs v nbsp West Indies151 40 4 overs Ken McEwan 61 Bernard Julien 3 17 10 overs Emmerson Trotman 46 Stephen Jefferies 3 21 10 overs South Africa won by 43 runsNewlands Cape Town Umpires Cyril Mitchley and Denzil Bezuidenhout South Africa won the toss and decided to bat Third ODI 9 February 1983 Scorecard South Africa nbsp 179 9 50 overs v nbsp West Indies167 47 overs Ken McEwan 38 Ezra Moseley 4 27 10 overs Franklyn Stephenson 35 Vintcent van der Bijl 3 21 8 overs South Africa won by 12 runsBerea Park Pretoria Umpires Cyril Mitchley and Dudley Schoof South Africa won the toss and decided to bat Fourth ODI 11 February 1983 D N Scorecard South Africa nbsp 139 42 1 overs v nbsp West Indies141 3 37 4 overs Graeme Pollock 23 Franklyn Stephenson 3 30 7 1 overs Lawrence Rowe 32 Stephen Jefferies 2 22 10 overs West Indies won by 7 wicketsNew Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Umpires Oswald Schoof and Sydney Moore Toss not known Fifth ODI 12 February 1983 Scorecard South Africa nbsp 228 6 50 overs v nbsp West Indies171 41 3 overs Robert Armitage 46 Derick Parry 2 38 10 overs Lawrence Rowe 71 Rupert Hanley 4 25 10 overs South Africa won by 57 runsNew Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Umpires Cyril Mitchley and Oswald Schoof Toss not known Rupert Hanley took a hat trick in the West Indies innings Rowe Parry Clarke Sixth ODI 13 February 1983 Scorecard West Indies nbsp 155 36 5 overs v nbsp South Africa71 25 5 overs Collis King 60 Stephen Jefferies 3 21 9 overs Jimmy Cook 29 Franklyn Stephenson 6 9 6 5 overs West Indies won by 84 runsKingsmead Durban Umpires Denzil Bezuidenhout and Dudley Schoof West Indies won the toss and decided to bat CEB Rice Benefit Match 15 February 1983 45 over match Scorecard West Indies nbsp 254 9d 42 overs v nbsp South Africa228 40 4 overs Richard Austin 91 Rupert Hanley 3 48 8 overs Graeme Pollock 62 Alvin Kallicharran 3 69 9 overs West Indies won by 26 runsRovers Cricket Club Welkom Toss not known Rowe declared because David Murray could not find his cricket trousers in time to batAftermath editThe West Indian players were given life bans in all forms of the game depriving West Indian cricket of a large amount of player talent Despite earning much money from the tour many West Indian players faced social stigma and unemployment afterwards with nine leaving the Caribbean altogether as a result Though the ban was lifted in 1989 only one of the players Ezra Moseley was selected to play for the West Indies post 1989 3 References edit Mcdonald Michelle 12 April 2011 Yagga Rowe tackles apartheid part 3 Caribbeancricket com Retrieved 25 October 2011 Alfred Luke 16 January 2019 When Sri Lanka went to cuckoo land Cricinfo Retrieved 5 December 2022 Vaidyanathan Siddhartha 20 March 2007 The unforgiven Cricinfo Retrieved 30 December 2022 Further reading editMay Peter 2009 The Rebel Tours Cricket s Crisis of Conscience SportsBooks ISBN 978 1899807802 nbsp This article about an international cricket tour of South Africa is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1982 83 amp oldid 1192275370, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
