Basil D'Oliveira no more: Former English cricketer dies aged 80 Visit Ladbrokes Save For Later Posted by Suneer Chowdhary 19 Nov 2011 Tweet Basil D'Oliveira has died aged 80 Related Articles See all Test Series news Share it Pin It South African-born former English cricketer Basil D'Oliveira is no more. He was 80 and died after suffering from illness. D'Oliveira played in 44 Test matches for England and scored almost 2500 runs at an average of 40. He also took 47 wickets with his medium-pace bowling and further featured in 367 first class matches. In 1968, he was in the middle of a huge controversy when his team, England, had to call their tour of South Africa off when the latter’s government had refused to accept the presence of the player on grounds of his race. This was the beginning of the end of South Africa in the world of sports and they were banned for more than two decades from playing international sports in 1969. D'Oliveira had earlier not been able to make it to the South African team because of the issues for non-white cricketers and he moved to England to play for Worcestershire. Gerald Majola, the Cricket South Africa CEO said, “’Dolly’, as he was known around the world by an audience that went far beyond the game of cricket, was a true legend and a son of whom all South Africans can be extremely proud.”The South African and the English side already compete in the Basil d’Oliveira trophy, which is won by the team that wins the Test series between the two sides. Read our Ladbrokes review Use code MAXIMUMBONUS to get £50 free at Ladbrokes Like Like Post to wall 172 Reads All Cricket News Recent Cricket Articles England v West Indies 2nd Test live streaming and odds: England favourites at Trent Bridge25 May 2012England will be looking to wrap up another home series win when they clash with West Indies in the England v West Indies - Second Test Betting Tips24 May 2012England will be looking to make it 2-0 when they face the West Indies in the Second Test at Trent B England v West Indies Betting – Broad could cost bookies24 May 2012If Stuart Broad is named Man of the Match it will see Ladbrokes refund £50,000 in total to punters England v West Indies Test series odds: Bookies favour Trent Bridge draw22 May 2012England look a 1-0 lead in the series against West Indies after been stretched to the fifth day of England v West Indies Odds – England clear favourites for the second Test21 May 2012England are odds-on at 2/5 ahead of the 2nd Test with the West Indies, according to Ladbrokes. England v West Indies Tips – Vaughan expecting whitewash16 May 2012Michael Vaughan fancies England to whitewash the West Indies in their upcoming Test Series, which g More Stories Recent Articles Gilles Simon v Nicolas Almagro live streaming - ATP Nice live stream25 May 2012Second seeded Gilles Simon will be up against third-seeded Nicolas Almagro in the first singles sem Nikolay Davydenko v Brian Baker - ATP Nice live stream25 May 2012Unseeded Nikolay Davydenko will be up against qualifier Brian Baker in the second singles semi-fina Eurovision Song Contest 2012 betting - Full list of countries with best odds25 May 2012Sweden are the hot favourites to win the 2012 Eurovision Song Contest after coming through the seco WTA Strasbourg 2012 order of play - Friday, May 2525 May 2012Second seeded Francesca Schiavone and Pauline Parmentier will be in action in the semi-finals at th WTA Brussels 2012 Order of Play - Friday, May 2525 May 2012The Brussels Open 2012 semi-finals will see will be played on Thursday with top-seeded Agnieszka Ra ATP Power Horse World Team Cup 2012 order of play - Friday, May 2525 May 2012The ATP Power Horse World Team Cup 2012 continues on Friday with Tomas Berdych and Andy Roddick in More Stories Tags Basil D'oliveira, Basil D'oliveira Affair, Basil D'oliveira Controversy, England, South Africa
