The South Africa-born England cricketer played a critical role in defying apartheid, writes <b>Peter Mason</b>.
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/ 19 November 2011
South Africa-born former England all-rounder Basil D’Oliveira, subject of one of cricket’s biggest controversies, has died at the age of 80.
A bittersweet legacy from the brutalities of the apartheid years lingers in South African sport. Only whites represented the republic until 1970.