Sir Vivian Richards, Legendary West Indian batsman and former captain, has had many instances when his greatness was on show for all the world to see, however, there was one, in particular, that stands out in my mind.
Apartheid South Africa had been banished from the world of sport and while the two, politics and sport, should never meet, it was widely agreed that those sanctions were the right thing to do.
South African cricket was decimated by the sanctions, which started in 1971, and they needed to revive it.
The country hashed a plan to play unsanctioned international cricket inside South Africa, which while frowned upon, could not be stopped.
In all, South Africa would host seven tours to the country, dubbed Rebel Tours, between 1982 and 1990.
A precedence had been set in 1981 with England’s Graham Gooch going to South Africa with eleven other players. They world wholeheartedly bashed them for their actions, labelling the group the “the Dirty Dozen” in England’s Houses of Parliament.
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