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Born and raised in Cape Town, South Africa, he was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket. He captained South Africa's national non-white cricket team, and also played football for the non-white national side.
He emigrated to England in 1960, where he played first in the Central Lancashire League, for Middleton, before joining first-class county Worcestershire in 1964 and becoming a British citizen. By 1966, he was being selected for the English national teamThe English cricket team is a national cricket team representing England. The team can, and has done on numerous occasions, include players from Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. It is administrated by the England and Wales Cricket Board. Cricket deve, as an outstanding all-rounderIn the sport of cricket, an all-rounder is a player who is both a good batsman and bowler. Although all bowlers must bat at some time, many of them are not very skilled and are not considered to be of this class. One of the most amazing all-rounder feats.
When England were due to play the 1968Events Undated Booker Prize for Fiction is established by Booker plc. 1968 is known as the year of the Prague Spring and also the year of the Paris riots. The ASCII character code is standardized as ANSI Standard X3. Nauru adopt his national anthem of the- 1969For other uses, see Number 1969. For the movie, see 1969 (movie). Events January January 1 Australian media baron Rupert Murdoch purchases the largest selling British Sunday newspaper The News Of The World January 5 The Derry Riots leave over 100 people i TestTest cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It is regarded by players and serious fans as the ultimate test of playing ability (as compared to One-day International cricket). Test matches are played only between national representative teams series in South Africa, he was initially kept out of the English team by the selectors for political reasons (South African president BJ Vorster had threatened to cancel the tour if D'Oliveira was included), but reinstated when another player WarwickshireWarwickshire (pronounced worrickshur) is a landlocked county in central England. Modern-day Warwickshire is of a considerably different shape to the historic county. The county town is Warwick. Famous people from Warwickshire include: William Shakespeare,'s Tom Cartwright, dropped out. This decision and the consequent cancellation of the tour helped publicise the struggle against apartheid.
In 20042004 is a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 2004 calendar), and has also been designated the: International Year of Rice International Year to Commemorate the Struggle against Slavery and its Abolition Elections are to be held in 73 co, a perpetual trophy was struck for Test series between England and South Africa, and named the Basil D'Oliveira Trophy.
Basil's son, Damian D'Oliveira , also played first-class cricket for Worcestershire.