Cricketing great succumbed to an opponent he could not beat when he died, five days after his 66th birthday Clive Rice, playing for Nottinghamshire in 1985 — PICTURE: ALLSPORT UKCricketing great Clive Rice, the first post-apartheid captain of South Africa, finally succumbed to an opponent he could not beat when he died, five days after his 66th birthday.Rice, who had been suffering from a brain tumour and lung cancer, acknowledged in a recent interview that he was “in the departure lounge” but was determined to fight until the end.Former cricket stars and others paid tribute yesterday to what they called a “champion” and “giant” of the game.Peter Kirsten called him “one of the most formidable, gifted and competitive allrounders that any age of the game has ever seen”.Rice played most of his cricket during South Africa’s 20-year isolation from the international game.International Cricket Council chief executive and former Proteas wicketkeeper David Richardson said: “Rice was a giant ...
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