Who captained the English XI on the 1987 rebel cricket tour of South Africa?
South Africa women's national cricket team ties with the country. They unanimously adopted the Gleneagles Agreement, which discouraged sporting contact and competition with organisations, teams and individuals from South Africa. This agreement temporarily stopped cricketing tours of South Africa. However, in 1982 the first of the rebel tours began. Geoffrey Boycott and Graham Gooch lead an English XI in a month-long tour of three 'Test' matches and three 'One Day Internationals'. The reaction in England and South Africa was severely polarised. The English press and politicians alike were outraged; dubbing the touring part the 'Dirty Dozen'. In South Africa, it was heralded by the government and
South Africa African XI Eastern Province in Port Elizabeth. Eastern Province made 345 for 2, declaring after 51 of their allotted 60 overs, then dismissed the South Africa African XI for 101. Peter Chingoka, who later became President of the Zimbabwe Cricket Union, captained the South Africa African XI in both its Gillette Cup matches. South Africa African XI The South Africa African XI was a cricket team that played several matches in South Africa between 1973 and 1976, including two List A matches in the Gillette Cup. South Africa was boycotted by the other cricket-playing nations in the early 1970s owing to the