We like to educate on Flashback Friday about our sporting heroes of yesteryear. We reflected on the life and times of Basil D’Oliveira – who was an England international cricketer from Cape Town – He immigrated to England to play his cricket abroad and went to play for their national team and his selection by England for the scheduled tour of South Africa caused the ‘D'Oliveira affair’ because the apartheid government would not allow him to come and play here. Basil played county cricket for Worcestershire from 1964 to 1980, and appeared for England in 44 Test matches and four One Day Internationals between 1966 and 1972. Our guests were Veteran Cricket Journalist Aslam Khota and Mogamad Allie.

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