Sporting boycott of South Africa during the apartheid era earliest days with the coloured cricketer Krom Hendricks excluded from provincial and national teams from the 1890s. However, the cricketing boycott was prompted by the reaction of the South African authorities to the selection of Basil D'Oliveira, a "Cape Coloured" South African, for the England national cricket team in 1968; see the D'Oliveira affair. The 1970 South African tour of England was called off and replaced by a "Rest of the World" tour featuring several South African players. The International Cricket Conference (ICC) imposed a moratorium on tours in 1970. There were several private tours in the 1970s and "rebel"
South African cricket team in England in 1998 South African cricket team in England in 1998 The South African cricket team toured England in the 1998 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 2-1 with two matches drawn after being 1-0 behind with only the last two matches to play. South Africa played a three-match series of One Day Internationals (LOI) against England in May at the start of the tour and then played a short LOI tri-series against England and Sri Lanka to close the tour in August. In addition, South Africa played seven first-class matches against Worcestershire, Gloucestershire, Sussex, Durham,