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Graham Chevalier
Tue, September 15 2015
South African cricketers walk out in protest against apartheid after just one ball is bowled
April 3, 1971. In a trend-setting protest against the Apartheid policies of the Government, players of the two South African teams walked out after just one ball during a high-profile First- Class match in Capetown. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the day when the Pollock brothers, Mike Procter, Barry Richards and a host of other great Protean cricketers stood up against the politics of their time.