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If you told me I was nearer to 40 than 35 when I first played for England in 1966, I would not sue for slander.

Basil D'Oliveira

Our cricket was completely uninhibited by tactical thoughts or any other subtleties. We were never coached, all our practice came from playing in the streets of Signal Hill, where we lived, and some of us would get hauled off to jail by the police if we were caught. Playing in the street was an offence for us.

Basil D'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

Basil D'Oliveira

Born: October 4, 1931

Died: November 19, 2011 (aged 80)

Bio: Basil Lewis D'Oliveira was an England international cricketer of South African Cape Coloured background, whose potential selection by England for the scheduled 1968 69 tour of apartheid-era South Africa caused the D'Oliveira affair.

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