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hardThe 1968 'D'Oliveira affair' saw a planned England tour of South Africa cancelled after South Africa's government objected to the selection of Basil D'Oliveira. Why was his selection politically controversial?
✓He was a mixed-race South African player barred from South Africa's all-white team
BHe had criticized the South African prime minister publicly
CHe had previously been banned from cricket for betting
DHe refused to play in front of segregated crowds
Answer Explanation
Basil D'Oliveira was a Cape Coloured South African who emigrated to England because apartheid barred him from South Africa's all-white Test team. His selection for England's 1968-69 tour of South Africa led the South African government to object, resulting in the tour's cancellation and South Africa's 22-year exclusion from Test cricket.