South African cricket team in England in 1951 South African cricket team in England in 1951 The South African cricket team toured England in the 1951 season to play a five-match Test series against England. England won the series 3-1 with 1 match drawn. The South African team was captained by Dudley Nourse, with Eric Rowan as vice-captain. The manager was Sid Pegler who had toured England as a player with the South African cricket team of 1912 and 1924. The full team was: Tayfield was not originally chosen, but joined the party in May when it was feared that Athol Rowan's health might not be up to
Tony Greig journey both on and off the field." In 1999 Greig was involved in a controversy when, in a match at the North Sydney Oval, the camera zoomed onto a white, Caucasian man and an Asian woman in a marriage ceremony at a nearby church. Greig made a comment implying the woman shown was a mail order bride: "Do you think she’s been flown in?". He later said that the comment was made "off microphone and not intended for broadcast". He joined the Indian Cricket League as an Executive Board Member, but the league ultimately ceased with the growing popularity of