South African cricketers' first international tour in 27 years

On this momentous occasion, South Africans were welcomed in India with garlands and standing ovations, and played to capacity crowds. South African cricket, with Bacher's able administrative team, went from strength to strength. By 1999, Bacher's achievements for South African cricket were highly respected throughout the world.

Links:

http://www.the-week.com/23feb23/sports3.htm - Read more about the man and his rise in the world of South African and International cricket.

Bacher's views on transformation of South African cricket - and his evidence on match fixing.

Read also a paper prepared for the UN on the 'international boycott of apartheid sport' at http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/aam/abdul-2.html or here to read more on South Africa's increasing isolation in the world of international sport in the 1960s and 70s.