2006-12-19 01:31:55 · 12 answers · asked by Leo A 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
Cricket in South Africa was established by the British, and the first tour by a side from England took place in 1888-89. Here South Africa played its first Test match (against touring England at Port Elizabeth), becoming the third Test nation.
However, In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, a policy which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players. This excluded one of the brightest sides the cricketing world has ever seen, containing players such as Graeme Pollock and Kepler Wessels, who went on to play for Australia
For more details about South Africa Cricket, please check the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_cricket_team
2006-12-19 15:44:00 · answer #1 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
South Africa followed Apartheid (literally "apartness" in Afrikaans) which was a system of racial segregation that was enforced in South Africa from 1948 to 1994. South Africa had long been ruled by whites and apartheid was designed to form a legal framework for continued economic and political dominance by people of European descent.
As there were many non europians in cricket like W.Indies, India Pakistan, (SriLanka Bangladesh) they forced south Africa out of cricket till 1992
2006-12-19 10:49:33 · answer #2 · answered by Harmony Ginger 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In 1970, the ICC voted to suspend South Africa from international cricket indefinitely because of its government's policy of apartheid, a policy which led them to play only against the white nations (England, Australia, New Zealand), and field only white players.
The ICC reinstated South Africa as a Test nation in 1991 after the deconstruction of apartheid, and the team played its first sanctioned match since 1970.
2006-12-19 09:48:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because the SAs were busy bullying their poorer countrymen and killing/ fighting each other over the colour of their skins. So, looking at the obsession of the SA government with skin colour, ICC banned them till they could sort it out. Finally in the early 1990s the SA government realised the futility of their efforts and gave up. They were allowed to play international cricket after Mandela took up power.
2006-12-19 10:10:48 · answer #4 · answered by AniC 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Politics. Apartheid.
2006-12-21 06:04:07 · answer #5 · answered by Bru 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because we had a crappy political agenda and rediculous segregation laws and were therefore banned from international sport as a result .
2006-12-20 05:19:46 · answer #6 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
due to racism (in south africa blacks r not allowed to play cricket ) SO after !(&) ICC HAS SUSPENDED AFRICA TO PAY INTERNATIONAL CRICKET
2006-12-19 11:52:19 · answer #7 · answered by ganguly m 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sorry no answer here, I'm from SA I just want to see the other answers.
2006-12-19 12:25:53 · answer #8 · answered by Domestic goddess 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was due to fact that the south african government followed racial policies, better known as Aparthied.
2006-12-19 09:45:32 · answer #9 · answered by Charu Chandra Goel 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because of their racism.
2006-12-19 14:28:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋