West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1983–84

In late 1983 and early 1984, a representative team of West Indian cricket players undertook a so-called "Rebel tour" to South Africa[1] to play a series of matches against the South African team. At the time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had placed a moratorium on international cricket teams making tours of South Africa, due to the nation's government policy of apartheid, leaving South Africa with no official international competition.

West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1983–84
 
  South Africa West Indies
Dates 19 November 1983 – 31 January 1984
Captains Peter Kirsten (until 10 January 1984)
Clive Rice (From 13 January 1984)
Lawrence Rowe
Test series
Result West Indies won the 4-match series 2–1
One Day International series
Results West Indies won the 6-match series 4–2

Background

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The previous season another West Indian tour had taken place. It was a financial success with quality competitive matches throughout, the test series being drawn 1-1 and the Springboks won the ODI series 4–2.[2] Consequently, a second series was organised to replicate the successes of the first.[3]

Touring team

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Player Date of birth Batting style Bowling style First class team
Lawrence Rowe (c) 8 January 1949 Right hand Left arm fast medium   Jamaica
Hartley Alleyne 28 February 1957 Right-hand Right-arm fast   Barbados
Faoud Bacchus 31 January 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium   Guyana
Sylvester Clarke 11 December 1954 Right-hand Right-arm fast   Barbados
Colin Croft 15 March 1953 Right-hand Right-arm fast   Guyana
Alvin Greenidge 20 August 1956 Right-hand Right-arm medium   Barbados
Bernard Julien 13 March 1950 Right hand Left arm medium-fast   Trinidad and Tobago
Alvin Kallicharran 21 March 1949 Left-hand Right-arm offbreak   Guyana
Collis King 11 June 1951 Right-hand Right-arm medium   Barbados
Monte Lynch 21 May 1958 Right-hand Right-arm medium   Guyana
Everton Mattis 11 April 1957 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak   Jamaica
Ezra Moseley 5 January 1958 Right-hand Right-arm medium-fast   Barbados
David Murray 29 May 1950 Right-hand wicket-keeper   Barbados
Albert Padmore 17 December 1944 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak   Barbados
Derick Parry 22 December 1954 Right-hand Right-arm offbreak   Leeward Islands
Franklyn Stephenson 8 April 1959 Right-hand Right-arm fast   Barbados
Emmerson Trotman 10 November 1954 Right-hand Right-arm medium   Barbados

Tour matches

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19–22 November 1983
(3-day match)
Scorecard
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288/9d (77 overs)
Lee Barnard 60
Colin Croft 4/41 (13 overs)
153 (40.2 overs)
Everton Mattis 35
Francois Weideman 4/35 (12 overs)
136/5d (49 overs)
Noel Day 41
Colin Croft 2/20 (13 overs)
183/5 (51 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 92
Eugene Klopper 1/20 (11 overs)
Match drawn
Berea Park, Pretoria
Umpires: George Baker and George Hawkins
  • Northern Transvaal elected to bat

25–28 November 1983
(3-day match)
Scorecard
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291 (73 overs)
Monte Lynch 105
Denys Hobson 5/92 (23 overs)
322/8d (91 overs)
Peter Kirsten 71
Sylvester Clarke 3/87 (27 overs)
300 (72.3 overs)
Collis King 75
Denys Hobson 7/129 (32 overs)
57/1 (20 overs)
Graham Gooch 28
Franklyn Stephenson 1/24 (7 overs)
Match drawn
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Bernard Glass and Taffy Rossiter
  • West Indies elected to bat

2–4 December 1983
(3-day match)
Scorecard
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397 (92.4 overs)
Faoud Bacchus 88
Michael Clare 4/68 (16.4 overs)
239 (69 overs)
Mike Procter 102
Ezra Moseley 4/36 (19 overs)
168/9d (28.4 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 79
Brett Proctor 3/29 (5.4 overs)
160/3 (41 overs)
Robert Bentley 65
Ezra Moseley 2/23 (9 overs)
Match drawn
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Karl Liebenberg
  • West Indies elected to bat

First ODI
7 December 1983
Scorecard
South Africa  
233/7 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
235/8 (49.2 overs)
Peter Kirsten 55 (82)
Colin Croft 3/48 (10 overs)
Alvin Kallicharran 80 (98)
Garth Le Roux 3/39 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 2 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Oswald Schoof
Player of the match: Alvin Kallicharran (WI)
  • West Indies elected to field

12–15 December 1983
(3-day match)
Scorecard
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314 (118 overs)
David Emslie 60
Collis King 3/30 (7 overs)
242/7d (62 overs)
Emmerson Trotman 96
Kenny Watson 4/70 (17 overs)
161 (56.1 overs)
David Emslie 50*
Hartley Alleyne 4/26 (12 overs)
181/7 (49 overs)
Collis King 35*
Michael van Vuuren 3/74 (16 overs)
Match drawn
St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Carl Coetzee and Louis Rautenbach
  • West Indies elected to bat

17–19 December 1983
(3-day match)
Scorecard
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230 (67.2 overs)
Everton Mattis 51
Cyril Mitchley 6/53 (14.2 overs)
310/9d (82.4 overs)
Kevin McKenzie 84
Sylvester Clarke 2/45 (21 overs)
172 (64.2 overs)
Monte Lynch 37
Alan Kourie 4/58 (24 overs)
94/6 (23.1 overs)
Clive Rice 36*
Sylvester Clarke 3/38 (12 overs)
Transvaal won by 4 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Arthur Norton and James Peacock
  • West Indies elected to bat

First Test
23–27 December 1983
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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529/7d (135 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 157 (321)
Garth Le Roux 3/88 (27 overs)
333 (106.1 overs)
Peter Kirsten 84 (195)
Sylvester Clarke 5/105 (32.1 overs)
59/0 (24 overs)
Jimmy Cook 30 (67)
Match drawn
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Dudley Schoof
  • West Indies elected to bat

Second Test
30 December 1983-3 January 1984
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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252 (87.4 overs)
Collis King 83 (136)
Alan Kourie 5/66 (22 overs)
404 (132.5 overs)
Graeme Pollock 102 (135)
Sylvester Clarke 5/92 (37.5 overs)
268 (96.3 overs)
Derick Parry 58 (135)
Alan Kourie 3/61 (27 overs)
117/0 (21.2 overs)
Henry Fotheringham 71* (83)
South Africa won by 10 wickets
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Sydney Moore
Player of the match: Alan Kourie (SA)
  • West Indies elected to bat
  • 1 January was a rest day

Second ODI
6 January 1984
Scorecard
West Indies  
260/8 (50 overs)
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  South Africa
261/6 (44.4 overs)
Ezra Moseley 63* (48)
Stephen Jefferies 4/79 (10 overs)
Henry Fotheringham 78 (97)
Hartley Alleyne 2/26 (7 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets
St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Perry Hurwitz
Player of the match: Henry Fotheringham (SA)
  • South Africa elected to field

Third ODI
8 January 1984
Scorecard
South Africa  
220 (49.5 overs)
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  West Indies
194/4 (40 overs)
Ken McEwan 50 (61)
Ezra Moseley 4/53 (9.5 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 45*
Clive Rice 2/31 (7 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Kingsmead, Durban
Umpires: Denzil Bezuidenhout and Oswald Schoof
Player of the match: Lawrence Rowe (WI)
  • West Indies elected to field
  • West Indies target was revised to 194 runs in 44 overs

Fourth ODI
10 January 1984
Scorecard
South Africa  
149 (41.2 overs)
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  West Indies
150/2 (39.5 overs)
Graeme Pollock 45 (80)
Ezra Moseley 4/38 (10 overs)
Emmerson Trotman 94 (132)
Alan Kourie 1/24 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 8 wickets
Newlands, Cape Town
Umpires: Herbert Martin and Perry Hurwitz
Player of the match: Ezra Moseley (WI)
  • West Indies elected to field

Third Test
13–17 January 1984
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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160 (45.4 overs)
Peter Kirsten 67 (96)
Ezra Moseley 4/45 (10.4 overs)
193 (52.5 overs)
Collis King 54 (50)
Adrian Kuiper 5/50 (11.5 overs)
236 (56.3 overs)
Peter Kirsten 61 (73)
Hartley Alleyne 5/62 (14 overs)
205/9 (53.2 overs)
Alvin Greenidge 43 (57)
Kenny Watson 4/63 (16.2 overs)
West Indies won by 1 wicket
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Sydney Moore
Player of the match: Hartley Alleyne (WI)
  • South Africa elected to bat

Fifth ODI
21 January 1984
Scorecard
South Africa  
279/3 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
208/7 (34.2 overs)
Mandy Yachad 123 (159)
Sylvester Clarke 1/43 (10 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 87 (69)
Rupert Hanley 2/37 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 3 wickets
Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Denzil Bezuidenhout
  • West Indies elected to field
  • West Indies target was revised 207 runs in 37 overs

Sixth ODI
23 January 1984
Scorecard
South Africa  
227/7 (50 overs)
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  West Indies
54 (20.1 overs)
Clive Rice 54 (87)
Sylvester Clarke 3/31 (10 overs)
Lawrence Rowe 12 (21)
Rupert Hanley 6/22 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 173 runs
Berea Park, Pretoria
Umpires: Dudley Schoof and Sydney Moore
Player of the match: Rupert Hanley (SA)
  • West Indies elected to field

Fourth Test
27–31 January 1984
(4-day match)
Scorecard
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277 (82 overs)
Ken McEwan 120 (151)
Sylvester Clarke 5/36 (23 overs)
199 (81 overs)
Faoud Bacchus 66 (186)
Kenny Watson 3/46 (24 overs)
127 (46.4 overs)
Graeme Pollock 42 (66)
Sylvester Clarke 5/32 (13.4 overs)
206/4 (49 overs)
Emmerson Trotman 77 (118)
Peter Kirsten 1/17 (6 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
St George's Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Herbert Martin
Player of the match: Sylvester Clarke (WI)
  • South Africa elected to bat

References

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  1. ^ "How South African cricket has changed since England's 1982 rebel tour". The Guardian. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 4 January 2024.
  2. ^ Vaidyanathan, Siddhartha (20 March 2007). "The unforgiven". Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  3. ^ Ugra, Sharda (17 May 2020). "Remember the 'cursed' West Indies rebels who toured South Africa in the '80s?". Cricinfo. Retrieved 4 January 2024.

Further reading

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  • May, Peter (2009). The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience. SportsBooks. ISBN 978-1899807802.