West Indian cricket team in South Africa in 1983–84
	South Africa	West Indies
Dates	19 November 1983 – 31 January 1984
Captains	Peter Kirsten (until 10 January 1984) Clive Rice (From 13 January 1984)	Lawrence Rowe
Test series
Result	West Indies won the 4-match series 2–1
One Day International series
Results	West Indies won the 6-match series 4–2

In late 1983 and early 1984, a representative team of West Indian cricket players undertook a so-called "Rebel tour" to South Africa^[1] to play a series of matches against the South African team. At the time, the International Cricket Council (ICC) had placed a moratorium on international cricket teams making tours of South Africa, due to the nation's government policy of apartheid, leaving South Africa with no official international competition.

Background[edit]

The previous season another West Indian tour had taken place. It was a financial success with quality competitive matches throughout, the test series being drawn 1-1 and the Springboks won the ODI series 4–2.^[2] Consequently, a second series was organised to replicate the successes of the first.^[3]

Touring team[edit]

Player	Date of birth	Batting style	Bowling style	First class team
Lawrence Rowe (c)	8 January 1949	Right hand	Left arm fast medium	Jamaica
Hartley Alleyne	28 February 1957	Right-hand	Right-arm fast	Barbados
Faoud Bacchus	31 January 1954	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Guyana
Sylvester Clarke	11 December 1954	Right-hand	Right-arm fast	Barbados
Colin Croft	15 March 1953	Right-hand	Right-arm fast	Guyana
Alvin Greenidge	20 August 1956	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Barbados
Bernard Julien	13 March 1950	Right hand	Left arm medium-fast	Trinidad and Tobago
Alvin Kallicharran	21 March 1949	Left-hand	Right-arm offbreak	Guyana
Collis King	11 June 1951	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Barbados
Monte Lynch	21 May 1958	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Guyana
Everton Mattis	11 April 1957	Right-hand	Right-arm offbreak	Jamaica
Ezra Moseley	5 January 1958	Right-hand	Right-arm medium-fast	Barbados
David Murray	29 May 1950	Right-hand	wicket-keeper	Barbados
Albert Padmore	17 December 1944	Right-hand	Right-arm offbreak	Barbados
Derick Parry	22 December 1954	Right-hand	Right-arm offbreak	Leeward Islands
Franklyn Stephenson	8 April 1959	Right-hand	Right-arm fast	Barbados
Emmerson Trotman	10 November 1954	Right-hand	Right-arm medium	Barbados

Tour matches[edit]

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First ODI

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First Test

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Second Test

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Second ODI

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Third ODI

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Fourth ODI

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Third Test

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Fifth ODI

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Sixth ODI

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Fourth Test

References[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• May, Peter (2009). The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience. SportsBooks. ISBN 978-1899807802.