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Was this the best ever Test side?
The recent death of Clive Rice prompts me to speculate on what might have been. Whilst in no way a defender of Apartheid, I do think it a sad loss that the world of Test cricket was denied the sight of a full-strength South African side for so long. Consider this potential line-up from 1980 or so -
Barry Richards
Jimmy Cook or Keppler Wessels
Ken McEwan
Graeme Pollock
Peter Kirsten or Allan Lamb
Clive Rice
Mike Procter
Ray Jennings
Garth LeRoux
Denys Hobson or Alan Kourie
Vincent van der Bijl
No modern side could hope to hold their own against that line-up, which, I dare venture, might have a claim to being the best ever, even if they never took the field.
Had it been possible for this side to play a five-Test series against the 1980 West Indians - that would have been something for the ages.
2 Answers
- Red DogLv 66 years ago
They chose Apartheid. End of story. And then all of them deserted to other countries. The best ever Test side was either the West Indies , or Australia . Nobody comes close to their ten year domination's.
If's and but's are irrelevant. Just like comparing players of different eras.
Source(s): I watched Barry Richards play for South Australia for a few years.And Keppler play for Australia many times.
