Rebel cricket tour adds to English misery after Ashes loss

Title

Rebel cricket tour adds to English misery after Ashes loss

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

2 Aug 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:03:24

Description

Oni Bhattacharya reports on the revelation that 16 top English cricket players are to play a rebel tour of South Africa in 1990, captained by Mike Gatting. The decision has angered the cricketing establishment and anti-apartheid campaigners and is seen as a further blow for English cricket after the loss of the Ashes to Australia. Includes interviews with Sam Ramsamy, chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SANROC); rebel cricketer, David Graveney, Chairman of TCCB Selectors, Ted Dexter; MP John Carlisle; England captain, David Gower.

Contributors

John Carlisle; Oni Bhattacharya; Ted Dexter; David Gower; Sam Ramsamy; David Graveney

Keywords

Politics; Sport; Sports competitions; South Africa; Apartheid; Cricket; Anti-apartheid movements; England (cricket team); Mike Gatting; Sports teams; TCCB; SANROC

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