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West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1982–83

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West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1982–83
 
  South Africa West Indies
Dates 15 January 1983 – 13 February 1983
Captains Peter Kirsten Lawrence Rowe
Test series
Result 2-match series drawn 1–1
One Day International series
Results South Africa won the 6-match series 4–2

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.

Background

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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.

Touring team

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Player Date of Birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Lawrence Rowe (c) 8 January 1949 Right hand Left arm fast medium  Jamaica
Richard Austin 5 September 1954 Right hand Right-arm medium/off break  Jamaica
Herbert Chang 2 July 1952 Left-hand Right-arm medium  Jamaica
Sylvester Clarke 11 December 1954 Right-hand Right-arm fast  Barbados
Colin Croft 15 March 1953 Right-hand Right-arm fast  Guyana
Alvin Greenidge 20 August 1956 Right-hand Right-arm medium  Barbados
Bernard Julien 13 March 1950 Right hand Left arm medium-fast  Trinidad and Tobago
Alvin Kallicharran 21 March 1949 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak  Guyana
Collis King 11 June 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium  Barbados
Everton Mattis 11 April 1957 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak  Jamaica
Ezra Moseley 5 January 1958 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast  Barbados
David Murray 29 May 1950 Right-hand wicket-keeper  Barbados
Albert Padmore 17 December 1944 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak  Barbados
Derick Parry 22 December 1954 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak  Leeward Islands
Franklyn Stephenson 8 April 1959 Right-hand Right-arm fast  Barbados
Emmerson Trotman 10 November 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium  Barbados
Ray Wynter 27 November 1955 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast  Jamaica

Tour matches

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15 January 1983
Scorecard
West Indies 
204/9 (50 overs)
v
Western Province
183 (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 runs
Newlands, 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
Border
100/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
103/3 (23 overs)
Collis King 57*
Dirk Scott 2/32 (7 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Jan Smuts Ground, East London
Umpires: Oswald Schoof and Dudley Schoof
  • Toss not known

19 January 1983
Scorecard
West Indies 
243 (49.2 overs)
v
Eastern Province
158 (44.2 overs)
Collis King 71
James Carse 4/31 (9.2 overs)
West Indies won by 85 runs
St 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
v
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/o
Alvin Kallicharran 89
Stephen Jefferies 4/58 (35.4 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Newlands, 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
v
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 runs
New 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
Natal
202/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
118 (38.3 overs)
Colin Croft 33
Kenneth Cooper 3/26 (6 overs)
Natal won by 84 runs
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Karl Liebenberg
  • Toss not known

First ODI
5 February 1983
Scorecard
South Africa 
250/7 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
159 (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 runs
St 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 
194/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
151 (40.4 overs)
Ken McEwan 61
Bernard Julien 3/17 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 43 runs
Newlands, 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 
179/9 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
167 (47 overs)
Ken McEwan 38
Ezra Moseley 4/27 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 12 runs
Berea 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 
139 (42.1 overs)
v
 West Indies
141/3 (37.4 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 32*
Stephen Jefferies 2/22 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Oswald Schoof and Sydney Moore
  • Toss not known

Fifth ODI
12 February 1983
Scorecard
South Africa 
228/6 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
171 (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 runs
New 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 
155 (36.5 overs)
v
 South Africa
71 (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 runs
Kingsmead, 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 
254/9d (42 overs)
v
 South Africa
228 (40.4 overs)
Richard Austin 91
Rupert Hanley 3/48 (8 overs)
West Indies won by 26 runs
Rovers Cricket Club, Welkom
  • Toss not known
  • Rowe declared because David Murray could not find his cricket trousers in time to bat

Aftermath

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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]

References

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  1. ^ Mcdonald, Michelle (12 April 2011). ""Yagga" Rowe tackles apartheid, part 3". Caribbeancricket.com. Retrieved 25 October 2011.
  2. ^ Alfred, Luke (16 January 2019). "When Sri Lanka went to cuckoo land". Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  3. ^ Vaidyanathan, Siddhartha (20 March 2007). "The unforgiven". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

Further reading

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  • May, Peter (2009). The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience. SportsBooks. ISBN 978-1899807802.