Clive Rice:
Clive Rice, is an unfortunate cricketer as he made his debut just a year before of South Africa’s international isolation from international cricket due to notorious apartheid-era in the country.
When the international isolation withdrew, Rice was 42 and was called to lead the South African team to play their first international match in India.
Rice during the international isolation played for Transvaal and Nottinghamshire, he was one of the game’s leading allrounders – a hard hitting right handed batsman with one of the savage cuts in cricket, a seamer capable of genuine pace through the 1970s and a captain as hard headed as any in the business.
He played in Kerry Packer’s World Series which let the world know about Rice’s caliber as an allrounder. He was an automatic choice for the South African teams against the rebel tourist of the 1980s
He was also the epitome of the modern professional cricketer, quick to recognise the financial opportunities that began to arise in the game. He played for Transvaal with Malcolm Marshall. He was the mentor of cricketers likes Lance Klusener, Shaun Pollock, and Jonty Rhodes.