Top 10 players of colour to have ever played for South Africa
Race and colour are extremely sensitive subjects when it comes to the 'rainbow nation', that is South Africa. It is to do with the painful and discriminatory history of apartheid in the country and the fact that it led to the cricket team's exile from international cricket for around two decades make it an even more sensitive subject when the South African cricket team is discussed.
However, since their readmission, the nation has grown by leaps and bounds and the cricket team represents the multi-cultural values on which modern South Africa has been built. Plenty of players of colour have come through the ranks through sheer merit and also aided by the quota system. Most of them have represented the country with distinction and have gone on to become some of the finest cricketers in the world. Here is a look at 10 of the very best.
10 Charl Langeveldt
When he first burst on to the domestic scene in South Africa, Charl Langeveldt was known for having the ability to swing the ball prodigiously either way, and that too at pace. Soon enough, he came into the South African side having impressed the selectors but unfortunately he did not have a prolonged Test career, which had been restricted to only 6 Test matches.
However, in one-day internationals, he soon became one of South Africa's best operators in around the 2004-05 season and he was particularly well known for his ability to bowl yorkers. He took exactly 100 wickets for South Africa in 72 games and recorded a brilliant economy rate of only 5.0