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Kepler Wessels | Kepler Wessels Kepler Christoffel Wessels was born in Bloemfontein on the 14th of September 1957. A former cricketer who captained South Africa after playing 24 Tests for Australia, he was the first man to have played One Day International cricket for two countries. Kepler Christoffel Wessels was a left-handed opening batsman but also was a right-arm off spinner and medium pace bowler. He played cricket across the world for the Orange Free State, western province, Northern transvaal, eastern Transvaal and Griqualand West in South Africa, and in Australia Kepler played for Queensland and also played in England for Sussex. He has since being coaching, and has coached in the Indian Premier League. |
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An Historic Moment - 1st Test Match, England v South Africa, Lords, July 1994 by Terence Macklin. The first test match England played against South Africa sinc the last text series against South Africa in 1965. The painting shows the historic coin tossing for the start of the Test, as Michael Atherton the England captain is shown tossing the coin while the South African Captain, Kepler Wessels calls. Both men stand in the middle of the wicket in front of the huge Lords crowd, July 1994. The reason for such a long period between tests was that South African cricket was isolated from the international cricket, as a result of ban by the International Cricket Council. |
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