ABSTRACT South African cricket (re)entered international cricket in 1991, a few years before the country's first democratic elections. A tour of India was a prelude to playing in the 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand. From the outset of ‘unity’, cricket was lauded for its transformation programme and for making a decisive break with the past. This break was epitomized by the team being called the Proteas rather than the Springboks. Despite this and on-going efforts to transform the team into a more representative one, issues of racism and racial representation have continued to haunt the game. Questions are persistently raised about racial targets and interference in selection from on high. At local level, Cricket South Africa (CSA) has now made it mandatory that franchises and semi-professional teams be obliged to include six players of colour, of whom three must be Black Africans, raising concerns about deliberate racial engineering. These apprehensions have been exacerbated by increasing calls for national teams to reflect the racial demographics of the country. This article looks at issues of race and representivity in South African cricket post-unity, seeking to probe allegations of racism, as well as how CSA has approached issues of racial representation in the form of quotas and the possible effects of this on the game.

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种族追逐：南非板球转型的色彩

摘要南非板球赛于1991年（重新）进入国际板球比赛，距该国首次民主选举数年之前。印度之行是1992年澳大利亚和新西兰世界杯的序幕。从“团结”开始，板球就因其改造计划和与过去的决定性突破而受到赞誉。这个突破体现在被称为Proteas而非Springboks的团队身上。尽管已经做出了不懈的努力，并且正在不断努力将团队转变为更具代表性的团队，但种族主义和种族代表问题仍然困扰着比赛。关于种族目标和从高处进行选择的干扰一直存在问题。在地方一级，南非板球（CSA）现在已强制规定，专营权和半专业球队必须包括6名有色人种，其中3名必须是黑人非洲人，这引起了对故意种族工程的担忧。越来越多的要求国家队反映该国种族的信息，加剧了这些忧虑。本文着眼于南非板球运动后的种族和代表性问题，试图探讨有关种族主义的指控，以及CSA如何以配额形式处理种族代表性问题，以及这可能对比赛产生的影响。越来越多的要求国家队反映该国种族的信息，加剧了这些忧虑。本文着眼于南非板球运动后的种族和代表性问题，试图探讨有关种族主义的指控，以及CSA如何以配额形式处理种族代表性问题，以及这可能对比赛产生的影响。越来越多的要求国家队反映该国种族的信息，加剧了这些忧虑。本文着眼于南非板球运动后的种族和代表性问题，试图探讨有关种族主义的指控，以及CSA如何以配额形式处理种族代表性问题，以及这可能对比赛产生的影响。