'We Weren't A Team': Race Discrimination Claims In South African Cricket Hearings

Allegations of racial discrimination in South African cricket have been made during a month of hearings, with one star claiming he was blasted as a "quota player" and that representing the national te

Prince revealed how three fellow national teammates had used the quota issue to insult him during a franchise game the week before he scored a Test century against Australia as an opening batsman, despite not normally batting in that position.

"I raised my bat to my parents, then to my wife on the other side of the stadium and then, lastly and reluctantly, I raised my bat to my team-mates," he said. "If I had a choice, I wouldn't have raised my bat to them. We weren't a team."

Prince said team management, when Gary Kirsten was coach, had rejected a request from another player of colour to discuss South Africa's history during a team bonding weekend. He said if such discussions had taken place, the Black Lives Matter issue might not have been so controversial.

Adams, a spin bowler who took 134 wickets in 45 Tests, said he had been called a "brown shit" in after-match fines meetings when teammates adapted the words of a Boney M song "Brown Girl in the Ring".

He said he had not initially complained, but his girlfriend, now his wife, had pointed out that he was being racially stereotyped.

Several white former players, including current coach Mark Boucher, director of cricket Graeme Smith and recently retired star batsman AB de Villiers, have been mentioned during the hearings. Boucher has stated that he will respond to allegations against him.

Before Friday's adjournment, Ntsebeza gave an assurance "that those who were adversely mentioned during the course of the hearings will be afforded the opportunity to formally respond to such allegations". The deadline for submissions is August 18 and the hearings will resume on August 23.