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10 most significant moments in cricket
- Thread starter Craig
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Waughney
International Debutant
Taken from Craig's draft article:
South Africa’s 22 year suspension from international cricket: As most people know, Apartheid was one of the main reasons why South Africa got banned for 22 years from international cricket. When Cape Coloured Basil d’Oliveria who was denied the opportunity to play first class cricket with Western Province because of his skin colour, moved to England and established himself with Worcestershire and got picked in the MCC (England) squad to tour South Africa in 1970-71, d’Oliveria was barred from getting a visa back into his country of birth. As a result South Africa got banned from international cricket.
South Africa’s expulsion ruined the promising Test careers of Graeme Pollock, his brother Peter, Barry Richard, Mike Procter, Eddie Barlow was already an established Test cricketer at the time, and people like Clive Rice went onto play for Nottinghamshire with distinction. South Africa’s banning was one of the many contributing factors in getting rid of the racist attitudes of the South African government. This was just the tip of the iceberg.
Cricket also became part of international politics more than ever before.
South Africa’s 22 year suspension from international cricket: As most people know, Apartheid was one of the main reasons why South Africa got banned for 22 years from international cricket. When Cape Coloured Basil d’Oliveria who was denied the opportunity to play first class cricket with Western Province because of his skin colour, moved to England and established himself with Worcestershire and got picked in the MCC (England) squad to tour South Africa in 1970-71, d’Oliveria was barred from getting a visa back into his country of birth. As a result South Africa got banned from international cricket.
South Africa’s expulsion ruined the promising Test careers of Graeme Pollock, his brother Peter, Barry Richard, Mike Procter, Eddie Barlow was already an established Test cricketer at the time, and people like Clive Rice went onto play for Nottinghamshire with distinction. South Africa’s banning was one of the many contributing factors in getting rid of the racist attitudes of the South African government. This was just the tip of the iceberg.
Cricket also became part of international politics more than ever before.
Deja moo
International Captain
So , a few players missed out on international careers.
That happens due to many reasons.....Subhash Gupte was considered better than Warne by Sir Garry Sobers , but I don't see the emergence of the spin quartet in the list.
IMO , players missing out for whatever reasons shouldnt be on a list of most significant things in cricket .
That happens due to many reasons.....Subhash Gupte was considered better than Warne by Sir Garry Sobers , but I don't see the emergence of the spin quartet in the list.
IMO , players missing out for whatever reasons shouldnt be on a list of most significant things in cricket .
Craig
World Traveller
The match fixing scandal: In April 2000 Mumbai (Bombay) police dropped a bombshell that would rock the cricketing world: Hansie Cronje was accused of match fixing during the tour of India by South Africa which has just been completed. At first the South African captain denied the allegations, but only days later at the middle of the night Cronje phoned Dr Ali Bacher and confessed that the allegations were true and he had been involved.
Cronje was sacked as captain on the spot and lost his UCBSA (United Cricket Board of South Africa) contract, and the next day vice captain Shaun Pollock was appointed as Cronje’s successor. It soon emerged that team mates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams were involved and had accepted money to under preform. Team mates Nicky Boje, Pieter Strydom, and Lance Klusener were implicated, but were used merely as prawns by Cronje to get the deal to go ahead in India.
It later emerged that Cronje had been involved in match fixing since 1995 and had the controversial Test in Centurion (outside Pretoria) in 2000 against England at been fixed all along (Nassur Hussain was not involved in any shape or form) with Cronje receiving money and a leather jacket for his part in convincing England to declare their first innings without a ball bowled in anger.
Cronje would later get a life ban, with Gibbs and Williams each getting six months on the sidelines. But there not other causalities as well: Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharadhuin, former Pakistani captain Salim Malik, former Pakistani face bowler Ata ur Rehman all got life bans for their part in various illegal gambling on matches. Former Indian batsman Ajay Jadeija and Manoj Prabhakar got fives years each. Indian cricketing great Kapil Dev has been linked with match fixing, but so far such accusations have never been proven. This was to have a tragic ending for Cronje, two years later Cronje was involved in a plane crash in South Africa, he died on impact.
Cronje was sacked as captain on the spot and lost his UCBSA (United Cricket Board of South Africa) contract, and the next day vice captain Shaun Pollock was appointed as Cronje’s successor. It soon emerged that team mates Herschelle Gibbs and Henry Williams were involved and had accepted money to under preform. Team mates Nicky Boje, Pieter Strydom, and Lance Klusener were implicated, but were used merely as prawns by Cronje to get the deal to go ahead in India.
It later emerged that Cronje had been involved in match fixing since 1995 and had the controversial Test in Centurion (outside Pretoria) in 2000 against England at been fixed all along (Nassur Hussain was not involved in any shape or form) with Cronje receiving money and a leather jacket for his part in convincing England to declare their first innings without a ball bowled in anger.
Cronje would later get a life ban, with Gibbs and Williams each getting six months on the sidelines. But there not other causalities as well: Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharadhuin, former Pakistani captain Salim Malik, former Pakistani face bowler Ata ur Rehman all got life bans for their part in various illegal gambling on matches. Former Indian batsman Ajay Jadeija and Manoj Prabhakar got fives years each. Indian cricketing great Kapil Dev has been linked with match fixing, but so far such accusations have never been proven. This was to have a tragic ending for Cronje, two years later Cronje was involved in a plane crash in South Africa, he died on impact.
biased indian
International Coach
so that was the eigth one
Langeveldt
Soutie
If only it was that simpleorangepitch said:
It was largely the cause of the downfall of a regime. Thats quite significant.. And the cricketing makeup that is slowly becoming more intigrated in SA wouldn't have happened without cricket making some sort of a stand...