passed away also!
remember a battle between he and Holding at Sabina.
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Robin Jackman
2020-12-26 02:54:01
2020-12-26 03:06:23
In reply to camos
Same skunt de hypocritical clown Burnham de ban in 1981
Maybe because he was born in India 
2020-12-26 14:47:09
In reply to Narper
He played in South Africa for years, despite the ban before England picked him for that tour, think Forbes was right!
2020-12-26 15:11:20
In reply to camos
Jackman was a big supporter of apartheid South Africa.
Not just in the rebel tours.
2020-12-26 21:41:58
In reply to mikesiva
Correct
HERE’S SOME CONTEXT
The Guyanese government took a particularly strong line on sporting relations with South Africa. High Commissioner Mallet wrote to the Foreign Office that ‘We must hope that the Guyanese can get off the hook on which they have impaled themselves’. He suggested helping them by emphasising the multi-racial nature of the Test match, especially given that the tourists’ squad included Barbados-born Roland Butcher, England’s first black player. At the same time, Mallet also warned Guyana’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rashleigh Jackson, that declaring Jackman a prohibited immigrant on the grounds of his South African contacts might lead to the departure of the whole England team and the cancellation of the Test
Reflecting on the events in a long letter to the Foreign Secretary on 6 March, Mallet concluded that ‘There were principles at stake that could not be avoided’, adding that ‘in the last resort there was an emotional issue, that England should not be pushed around by a tin-pot quasi-dictator’ such as Burnham
With the entire tour in jeopardy, attention turned to Barbados. From Bridgetown, Stanley Arthur reported on 28 February that he believed the government ‘wish to find a positive solution to the problem foisted on them by Guyana. The Barbadian public favoured the continuation of the series, as did opposition political figures. Arthur also thought it unlikely that Antigua would wish to cancel the first test match due to be played on the island
The governments of Antigua, Barbados, Jamaica and Montserrat met on 3 March. The resulting statement highlighted the complexity of the ‘third party principle’ – the issue of individuals acting alone – but accepted that this fell outside of Gleneagles and therefore allowed for the continuation of the tour. Andrew Turquet from the High Commission in Barbados described ‘an almost audible sigh of relief when it was learnt that the tour was still on’. He continued: ‘the main thing at the moment is that England are playing cricket (albeit badly) and the tour has been saved
It bears noting that Guyana was always against apartheid. It banned superstar Gary Sobers and their own local idol Rohan Kanhai from playing in South Africa. So the decision to revoke Jackman’s permit after learning of his South African connections was fairly consistent with their policies on the issue.
As we know, Jackman was accepted for the remainder of the tour.
2020-12-26 22:44:37
In reply to imusic
Its instructive dat those same Governments dat allowed Jackman to play banned dere own, in some cases for life. Talk about small fish in a big pond
2020-12-27 00:15:11
In reply to mikesiva
Correct
2020-12-27 00:20:25
In reply to Maispwi
Interesting to say the least
2020-12-27 00:44:34
In reply to Maispwi
Jackman did not play in Guyana?
2020-12-27 01:51:39
In reply to camos
The test was cancelled due to the Guyanese Government revoking Jackman’s access permit
2020-12-27 02:56:04
In reply to imusic
right ! that's how I remember it.
2020-12-27 13:23:09
That's how you take a stand. What Guyana did.
2020-12-27 16:59:38
Rest in peace..straight and simple commentator..him..mark nicolas..Mike haysman.. barry richards..that supersport sa lineup was damn good..
2020-12-27 17:13:50
In reply to pooranian
Looks like you are a closet Apartheid fan..
2020-12-27 18:24:30
Supporter of no to racism movement means apartheid supporter...Tollywood logic.. 
2020-12-27 22:41:50
In reply to Narper
LFSB was correct
2020-12-28 07:08:16
2020-12-28 14:55:31
In reply to WI_cricfan
He was correct
2020-12-28 15:15:35
I was fully in support of Guyana's principled position.
Four decade later, reading this, I am appalled by the condescension and patronizing language in the report of the British High Commissioner.
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