The

South African national cricket team The South Africa national cricket team, also known as the Proteas, represents South Africa in men's international cricket and is administered by Cricket South Africa (CSA). South Africa is a full member of the International Cricket Council (I ...

was meant to tour Australia over the 1971–72 Australian summer. However, the tour was cancelled after protests from the anti-

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movement; in making this decision, the

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had been influenced by the protests that accompanied the

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. South Africa's selected squad was: *Batsmen –

Ali Bacher Aron "Ali" Bacher (born 24 May 1942) is a former South African Test cricket captain and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa. Personal life Bacher was born in May 1942 in Roodepoort to Lithuanian- Jewish parents who emi ...

(capt),

Hylton Ackerman Hylton Michael Ackerman (28 April 1947 – 2 September 2009) was a South African first-class cricketer. He attended Dale College Boy's High School, where he was head boy. A hard-hitting left-hander who usually opened the batting, he made his ...

Lee Irvine Brian Lee Irvine (born 9 March 1944 in Durban, South Africa) is a former cricketer who played four Tests for South Africa in 1969–70 in the last Test series played by South Africa before official sporting links were broken over the apartheid ...

Graeme Pollock Robert Graeme Pollock (born 27 February 1944) is a former cricketer for South Africa, Transvaal and Eastern Province. A member of a famous cricketing family, Pollock is widely regarded as one of South Africa's greatest ever cricketers, and as o ...

Barry Richards Barry Anderson Richards (born 21 July 1945) is a former South African first-class cricketer. A right-handed "talent of such enormous stature", Richards is considered one of South Africa's most successful batsmen. He was able to play only four ...

*All rounders –

Eddie Barlow Edgar John Barlow (12 August 1940 – 30 December 2005) was a South African cricketer (an all rounder). Barlow was born in Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, and played first-class cricket for Transvaal and Eastern Province from 1959–60 to ...

Dassie Biggs Anthony Llewellyn "Dassie" Biggs (born 26 April 1946) is a South African former cricketer. He was an opening batsman and off-spin bowler who played first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is ...

, Peter de Vaal,

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Clive Rice Clive Edward Butler Rice (23 July 1949 – 28 July 2015) was a South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his First Class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49. He captained Nott ...

*Fast bowlers –

Peter Pollock Peter Maclean Pollock (born 30 June 1941) is a retired South African cricketer. He has played a continuing role in the South Africa cricket team as a player and selector. He was voted a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1966. He was primarily a f ...

, Pat Trimborn,

Vince van der Bijl Vintcent Adriaan Pieter van der Bijl (born 19 March 1948) is a retired South African cricketer. He was born in Rondebosch, Cape Town, where his father, Pieter van der Bijl, was headmaster of the Diocesan College Preparatory School after reti ...

*Spin bowlers – Grahame Chevalier *Wicketkeeper –

Denis Lindsay Denis Thomson Lindsay (4 September 1939 – 30 November 2005) was a South African cricketer who played 19 Test matches for South Africa between 1963 and 1970. His outstanding series was against Australia in 1966–67, when he scored 606 runs in ...

Barlow subsequently withdrew for business reasons and was replaced by Arthur Short. The tour was replaced by a tour from a Rest of the World XI, which included the Pollock brothers and Ackerman. As a result of the tour's cancellation, South Africa's exclusion from international cricket was formalised. South Africa would not tour Australia again until the

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, and would not make another full tour until 1993-94.

References

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