Basil D'Oliveira's selection for the tour of his homeland in 1968
set in train a sequence of events that would ultimately lead to
South Africa's exile from international sport for over twenty
years. Ironically, this enforced separation would draw the
cricketing nations of England and South Africa together into a
close relationship. A generation of world-class players, lost to
Test cricket, found their place in the English counties; as the
years in exile became decades some chose to pursue their
international ambitions in the colours of their adopted country. At
the same time, English players were heading in the opposite
direction, risking censure and exile, as members of rebel touring
parties. Exiles and Kings examines the modern history of English
cricket through the lens of this complex and, at times, uneasy
relationship, examining the impact made by a number of players from
the African cricketing nations. From the traumas of the late summer
of 1968, through the years of exile and rebellion, to the
redemption delivered by another South African batsman at The Oval
in 2005, Exiles and Kings demonstrates that the African imprint on
English cricket is clear and indelible.
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