Caught Behind: Race and Politics in Springbok CricketSouth Africa's participation in international cricket has been bedeviled by racism and the political intervention of governments virtually from the beginning. This book is a compulsively readable account of the events and political machinations that led to South Africa's cricket isolation in the apartheid era and its ultimate readmission. |
Contents
The Segregation Era 191048 | 29 |
Apartheid Cricket | 49 |
Cricket and the Sports Boycott | 63 |
Copyright | |
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