On how a boy who once had to sit in a part of the Newlands called the cage became a Test star for England. For season two of Double Century we’re looking at the history of race in cricket, especially through the lens of what happened to Basil D’Oliveira. This is episode two.


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Archive of Clips And Music used in this episode:


Wes Hall hostile bowling in England


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-n4ZDKhgak


The D'Oliveira affair - Apartheid's downfall


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZM9EEsVZOU


India vs West Indies 1966/67


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8J5rk4wSqc


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Further reading:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Basil-DOliveira-Controversy-Peter-Oborne/dp/0751534889


https://www.penguinrandomhouse.co.za/book/too-black-wear-whites/9781776095087


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Test-Cricket-unauthorised-Jarrod-Kimber-ebook/dp/B018GJZ9LG/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&qid=1601987657&refinements=p_27%3AJarrod+Kimber&s=books&sr=1-3


https://wisden.com/stories/long-room/dropping-dolly-d-oliveira-affair-nightwatchman-50-years-on-long-read


https://www.cricketcountry.com/author/abhishek-mukherjee

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