South Africa women's national cricket team segregation to the country in 1948, no non-white (defined under the legislation as either "black", "coloured" or "Indian") player was eligible to play Test cricket for South Africa. In fact, overseas teams wishing to tour South Africa were also limited by these rules. These laws led to Basil D'Oliveira, a 'Cape Coloured' South African emigrating to England, where he began to play Test cricket. He was subsequently named as a late replacement as part of the England team to tour South African in 1968–69, but South African Prime Minister John Vorster refused to allow D'Oliveira into the country as part
South African cricket team in England in 1970 (proposed) maintain order were excluded from the itinerary. The fixture list was published in that year’s Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. South African cricket team in England in 1970 (proposed) The South African national cricket team was meant to tour England over the 1970 English summer. However the tour was cancelled after protests from the anti-apartheid movement. It was replaced by a Rest of the World team. The squad selected was as follows: The original tour schedule contained 28 matches. The Cricket Council, the governing body of English cricket, met at Lord’s on 12 February 1970 when they decided to revise the tour