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Apartheid and Loss of World Cricket

Many a times I have revisited the vignettes of Barry Richards and Graeme Pollock from pre-apartheid period of SA Cricket (on YouTube and ESPN) smashing their way to announcing their presence in World Cricket. I just wonder how much we lost on the extravagant talent and extraordinary gift of these once in a lifetime players such as Barry Richards, Graeme and Peter Pollock, Eddie Barlow, Denis Lindsay, Ali Bacher, Mike Proctor and co. A historical injustice in the form of apartheid just cost us these prodigious talents. The 1969-70 series between South Africa and Bill Lawry's Australia was termed the 'World Championship of Cricket' and proved to be a high water mark in history of SA Cricket before the pall of apartheid gloom enveloped it. Australia lost 4-0 that series....they had never been humiliated in such a manner before...even the Douglas Jardine wasn't able to score this feat in the much maligned and infamous, Bodyline series of 1932-33. What an era, what dominance and such a pity we never got to witness these players turn into legends, barring Barry and Graeme.....this post is a tribute to those fallen heroes who never got a chance to redefine their legacy......‪#‎respect‬.....‪#‎nakedemotions‬

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