RIP Clive Rice

[Iafeta]

Sad to see. He's almost forgotten in discussions about the lads who missed international cricket because of apartheid. Generally discussion centres around Graeme Pollock, Mike Proctor and Barry Richards, but this guy was out and out class. His partnership with Sir Richard Hadlee at Notts was first class.

Rest in peace Clive.

Clive Rice, the former South Africa captain, has died in a Cape Town hospital on Tuesday after suffering from brain tumour. He was 66.

Rice had recently travelled to India in March for treatment for his cancer-related tumour in Bangalore.

Rice, an allrounder, played only three ODIs for South Africa because his career coincided with the country's sporting isolation during apartheid. He captained South Africa in their first series after the end of isolation - to India in 1991- but at the age of 42 he was left out of their 1992 World Cup squad an did not play for his country again.

Rice's first-class career comprised 482 matches primarily for Transvaal, Natal and Nottinghamshire, and he scored 26,331 runs at an average of 40.95 and took 930 wickets at 22.49 apiece between 1969 and 1994. He also played 479 List A matches, making 13,474 runs and taking 517 wickets.

http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/903871.html

 

[hineyrulz]

Sad news, he was a great player and it was a shame he didn't get the chance to play at the top level.

RIP.

 

[African Monkey]

Rip

 

[JJ]

Great player, sad loss