Damian Basil D'Oliveira (19 October 1960 – 29 June 2014) was a South African-born English

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er who played

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for

Worcestershire Worcestershire ( , ; written abbreviation: Worcs) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Shropshire, Staffordshire, and the West Midlands (county), West ...

, and was the Academy Director of

Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Worcestershire. Its Vitality Blast T20 team has been rebranded ...

. Playing for Worcestershire between 1982 and 1995, during his career he scored more than 9,000 first-class runs, with a best single-innings total of 237. He helped Worcestershire to the

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in 1988 and 1989, the

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in 1991, and the

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in 1994. His father,

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, played

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from 1964 to 1980, and

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from 1966 to 1972. His uncle,

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, also played

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Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

in 1967. His son, Brett, currently plays for Worcestershire. After a two-and-a-half-year battle, D'Oliveira died of cancer in the early hours of 29 June 2014. He was survived by his wife and three children.

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* 1960 births 2014 deaths South African cricketers Worcestershire cricketers Cricketers from Cape Town Deaths from cancer in England South African people of Portuguese descent Sportspeople of Portuguese descent English cricketers English people of South African descent English people of Indian descent Sportspeople of Indian descent British Asian cricketers 20th-century English sportsmen {{England-cricket-bio-1960s-stub