Clive Rice dies aged 66

krishna · 07-28-2015, 10:50 AM

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Clive Rice, the former South Africa captain who led the national team on their return from isolation, has died at the age of 66 in a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday after suffering from a brain tumour

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RIP.

Good all rounder.

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[quote author=boquiesse link=topic=99169.msg648416#msg648416 date=1438093740]
RIP.

Good all rounder.
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Just good ??
He was on par with Botham and Hadlee,had it not been for apartheid he would have made it to the elite list of all time greats as well

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Apartheid Sanctions: caused a lotta Dutch Afrikaan cricket talent to be Lost ....

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[quote author=ketchim link=topic=99169.msg648435#msg648435 date=1438098191]
Apartheid Sanctions: caused a lotta Dutch Afrikaan cricket talent to be Lost ....
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Colonialism as well.Racial discrimination has brought doom on themselves only.
They have missed many eminent sportspersons representing the country.Either way lets stick to sports.Politics is a nasty subject.

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This was such sad news. He'd recently been to India for surgery which was suppose to be successful. He was admitted to hospital suffering from severe stomach pains and the cause of his death is supposed to be septicemia. I'm not sure whether his cancer had anything to do with it.

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Oh no ! sounds like DRS should be involved ~

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Well didn't know about him but may his soul rest in peace and I hope he was never one of those who supported the apartheid system in South Africa.

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[quote author=Rowe992 link=topic=99169.msg648752#msg648752 date=1438270525]
Well didn't know about him but may his soul rest in peace and I hope he was never one of those who supported the apartheid system in South Africa.
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He never advocated apartheid,never really encouraged it.
He was the first test captain of South Africa in the post apartheid era. Although he didn't play much thereafter,just 3 ODI's.

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[quote author=bala24 link=topic=99169.msg648753#msg648753 date=1438271907]
He never advocated apartheid,never really encouraged it.
He was the first test captain of South Africa in the post apartheid era. Although he didn't play much thereafter,just 3 ODI's.
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He was never test captain. He only played in our first three ODIs and was controversially dropped before the 1992 World Cup. I suppose really he was lucky to be picked at all at the age of 42.

Although I often saw him interviewed, I never saw him play as I only started watching cricket during the 1992 world cup. Judging by his stats it seems like I missed seeing someone very special in action.


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