On how a boy who once had to sit in a part of the Newlands called the cage became a Test star for England. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode two.

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Archive of Clips And Music used in this episode:

Wes Hall hostile bowling in England

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-n4ZDKhgak

The D'Oliveira affair - Apartheid's downfall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZM9EEsVZOU

India vs West Indies 1966/67

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8J5rk4wSqc

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Further reading:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Basil-DOliveira-Controversy-Peter-Oborne/dp/0751534889

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/too-black-wear-whites/9781776095087

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Test-Cricket-unauthorised-Jarrod-Kimber-ebook/dp/B018GJZ9LG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1601987657&refinements=p_27%3AJarrod+Kimber&s=books&sr=1-3

https://wisden.com/stories/long-room/dropping-dolly-d-oliveira-affair-nightwatchman-50-years-on-long-read

https://www.cricketcountry.com/author/abhishek-mukherjee

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