However, when Bob Willis had to withdraw from the tour with an injury after the first Test, Jackman was called up as his replacement and flew to Guyana to join the England squad for the second Test in Georgetown. The Guyanese government then revoked Jackman's visa because of his links with the then apartheid South Africa (Jackman was married to a South African woman and had spent several winters playing for Western Province and Rhodesia). Jackman had, in fact, warned the TCCB of his connections when he was put on the reserve list for the tour, but was told that it would not be a problem. When the Guyanese government learnt of Jackman's South African connections, they refused to allow him to play in the Test. The England team management countered that either their team as a whole should be accepted or they would withdraw from the match. The Second Test, due to be played at the Georgetown Cricket Club (GCC), was duly cancelled.