- Ali Bacher
Infobox Historic Cricketer
nationality = South African
country = South Africa
country abbrev = RSA
name = Ali Bacher
picture = Cricket_no_pic.png
batting style = Right-hand bat
bowling style = Legbreak
tests = 12
test runs = 679
test bat avg = 32.33
test 100s/50s = 0/6
test top score = 73
test balls = -
test wickets = -
test bowl avg = -
test 5s = -
test 10s = -
test best bowling = -
test catches/stumpings = 10/-
FCs = 120
FC runs = 7894
FC bat avg = 39.07
FC 100s/50s = 18/45
FC top score = 235
FC balls = 114
FC wickets = 2
FC bowl avg = 43.50
FC 5s = 0
FC 10s = 0
FC best bowling = 1/8
FC catches/stumpings = 110/1
debut date = 22 July
debut year = 1965
last date = 5 March
last year = 1970
source = http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44026.html CricinfoAron "Ali" Bacher (born
24 May 1942 inJohannesburg ) is an administrator of theUnited Cricket Board of South Africa . He was born toLithuania n-Jew ish parents who emigrated toSouth Africa and got his nickname "Ali" at the age of seven fromAli Baba . Ali married Shira Teeger, and they have two daughters and one son.Ali started playing
cricket while at school and representedTransvaal at the age of 17. He played in 12 Tests for South Africa, three against England and nine against Australia; he was captain in the last four. In a first-class match forTransvaal against the visitingAustralian cricket team in 1966/67, he made a high score of 235 in the second innings. He captained the national team in only one series: in 1969/70 against Australia at home in which the South Africans won all the Tests in the four match series.He studied at the
University of the Witwatersrand and became ageneral practitioner . In 1981 he had heart bypass surgery.His greatest legacy is that of a cricket administrator who organised the International rebel tours in the early 1980s while South Africa was isolated from the rest of the cricketing world due to sanctions imposed due to the
apartheid regime. But Bacher saw the post-Mandela writing on the wall and reinvented himself as South Africa's cricket supremo when the previously separate black and white associations combined to set up the United Cricket Board. Bacher's reward came when his country marched back onto the international scene at the 1992 World Cup. He remained at the helm for the best part of a decade, before stepping aside to lead the organisation of the2003 Cricket World Cup .External links
* [http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/44026.html Cricinfo article on Ali Bacher]
* [http://cricketfundas.com/alibacherinterview.html Cricketfundas.com's Interview of Ali Bacher]
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