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When the Indian legend Kapil Dev bowled to Jimmy ■ v Cook on a crisp November 1991 morning at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata, the world had officially changed.
South Africa were being reinstated into the civilized world after half a century of Apartheid rule and in a hastily organised series, India decided to host ’ the social pariahs for their first-ever encounter as sovereign nations.
The process began the year before after the 1 National Party government in South Africa took the )
first step towards dismantling discrimination when j it lifted the ban on the African National Congress and j other political organisations. Nelson Mandela, thp I ANC stalwart who was imprisoned in Robben Islana* I for 27 years, walked out a free man and became the president of South Africa after its first universal di elections in 1994.
But before Mandela could become the head of the T, country, he kept tabs on the historic return Test H match of South Africa. After the Basil D'Oliveira I incident in 1968 and the subsequent suspension by £ the ICC in 1970, South Africa returned to Tests in »1992 when they toured the West Indies. K
[ After an impressive performance at the World ) , Cup, Kepler Wessels led a highly talented side to the i ' Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados the spiri- f । tual home ofWest Indies cricket.
I In an attack led by the fearsome Alan Donald, it ■ was Richard Snell, coming in at second change, who 1
took out openers Desmond Haynes, Phil Simmons, J captain Richie Richardson and Kenny Benjamin in J the first innings as West Indies were all out for 262. z
South Africa gave an apt riposte with opener, ;■?
Andrew Hudson eking out 153 in an innings that spanned more than eight hours. He survived two missed chances: on 22 by Courney Walsh at long leg from the first ball Curtly Ambrose had banged in , really short to him, and again on 66 by West Indies* ] new wicketkeeper, David Williams, off Patrick [.Patterson.
1 With help from skipper Wessels and all-rounder 1 Adrian Kuiper, Hudson helped South Africa (345 all ' out) take a 83-run lead. Jimmy Adams and Brian Lara fought hard to give the first time tourists a fight but West Indies made only 283 in the second innings, leaving SouthAfricajust201 towin.
Debutant Adams was at his dogged best, hitting ' eleven boundaries in an unbeaten 79 while Lara fell for 64 to Donald who took four wickets. Snell | impressed again, picking up four more and it was all down to the South African batsmen.
I They began solidly as Day Four ended on a bright note for them. Beginning the final day on 122-2, oi the bravest would have put money on a West Indies win but that is exactly what happened. The story goes that Richardson roused his two front-man. Walsh and
Ambrose into bowling a spell that defied belief.
After getting rid of Wessels for 74, the duo barge< into South Africa's batsmen, Walsh taking four foj eight in 11 overs. Cutting the ball both ways, h( finally found the form that eluded him earliei Ambrose mopped up the tail as parity, at least for thj time being, was restored.
It was a sign of things to come as South Africa ar< one of the top sides in world cricket at the moment . and since that day in 1992, have presented some outstanding cricketers.
. --Mohammad Isam