Ali Bacher

He led the side at their peak during apartheid, presided over their readmission, and helmed the board during some of its most momentous and difficult years

Bacher mediated talks between CEO Moroe and Graeme Smith, which could have led to Smith becoming director of cricket

Former South Africa captain Ali Bacher talks about his series in charge against arch-rivals Australia, and the art of leadership

A new history of the country's cricket in recent years is unsparing in its portrayal of a divided society

Tony Opatha led a rebel side to South Africa in 1982 - a tour on which a certain ill-suppressed madness lurked around the edges

AB de Villiers has made a "wise decision" in the "best interests of South African cricket," by sitting out of Test cricket for most of the rest of 2017

Exhausted at the end of a long season, South Africa played their first Test on their return to international cricket in Barbados in 1992 - and nearly won

The country whose team sits atop the Test rankings continues its fight to establish its democratic credentials. Cricket is one of the canvases on which the struggle takes place

Ali Bacher recalls his days as an administrator in apartheid South Africa, and the time he binned a letter from Bradman

At the launch of his new book on South African batsmen, Ali Bacher paid tribute to one of the best

Ali Bacher's new book celebrates the country's finest batsmen, including forgotten heroes lost to apartheid

Cricket in South Africa is perilously close to being irrelevant for the country's largest demographic group

He wanted to play against the best and show that he was among the best, as his admirers testify

The last time South Africa beat Australia at home was nearly 44 years ago. Four protagonists from the series remember those heady days

With the help of Nelson Mandela, Ali Bacher took cricket into the black townships of South Africa in the 1980s

Till 1992 there was no thought about South Africa playing in the World Cup, but Mandela's words changed that immediately. Such was the power of Mandela

South Africa is home to more world-class allrounders than any other nation, according to former Test captain and administrator Ali Bacher

A new book looks at a baker's dozen of the country's finest allrounders

West Indies cricket hit a new low in November 1998 when the captain and his squad refused to travel to South Africa