An encapsulation of South Africa's lost opportunities

In 1975/76 a team called the International Wanderers toured South Africa. Star-crossed fans like me flocked to the grounds to see our best take on Ian Chappell, Jeff Hurst, Dennis Lillee, Max Walker, Gary Gilmour and more. The series, as I recall, was drawn 1-1. It was permitted on the basis that our selectors included "non-white" players, and we saw Howie Bergins, Pinkie Carelse, Sedick Barnes and Baboo Ebrahim play. All acquitted themselves well, but none more so than Ebrahim, who bowled South Africa to victory. For international-starved cricket lovers, it was as close to the real deal as we could get, and it showed what some of the players could have achieved had they been permitted.

This article summarises Ebrahim's career.

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