Editing Colin Croft (section)

==Rebel tour==
In 1982 Croft accepted a place on the [[South African rebel tours#West Indian tours.2C 1982.E2.80.9383 and 1983.E2.80.9384|rebel tour]] of [[apartheid]]-divided [[South Africa]], in violation of an international ban on sports tours of the country. The rebel players were granted "[[honorary whites]]" status by the South African government to allow them access to all-white cricket playing areas.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Craddock |first1=Robert |title=Tragedy of the West Indian rebels of the '80s |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info%3Asid/infoweb.newsbank.com&svc_dat=AWGLNB&req_dat=1054640702C8DBC0&rft_val_format=info%3Aofi/fmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Actx&rft_dat=document_id%3Anews%252F1187F3E0B1615F68 |access-date=12 April 2024 |work=The Advertiser |via=Newsbank |date=14 April 2007 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> However, there was controversy when Croft was ejected from a whites only seating compartment on a train out of Johannesburg.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1050448400|title=Cricket and society in South Africa, 1910-1971 : from union to isolation|others=Murray, Bruce K., Parry, Richard, 1956-, Winch, Jonty.|date=September 2018|isbn=978-3-319-93608-6|location=Cham, Switzerland|oclc=1050448400}}</ref> All the players who took part in the tour were banned for life from international cricket, thus marking the end of Croft's cricket playing career. Croft moved to the [[United States]] to avoid recriminations at home.<ref>Colin Croft states so in the documentary ''Fire in Babylon''.</ref> The ban was effectively lifted in 1989, by both the WICB and the UN.