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South African
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South Africa
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RSA
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Colin Bland
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Right-hand bat
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Right-arm medium
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21
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1669
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4908
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3/9
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144
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394
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2
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6250
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-
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-
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2/16
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10/-
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131
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7249
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3795
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13/34
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197
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3508
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43
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3527
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-
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-
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4/40
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51/-
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8 December
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1961
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23 December
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1966
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, (born
April 5 ,
1938 in
Bulawayo ,
Rhodesia ) was a
Cricketer who played for
South Africa .
Bland originally came from
Rhodesia , now
Zimbabwe but then not a
Test Cricket - playing nation. He also played for the South African provincial sides
Eastern Province and
Orange Free State . A tall and elegant right-handed batsman, Bland broke into the South African Test team in
1961 , and was a regular until
1966 . As South Africa in the
Apartheid era played Test cricket only against England, Australia and New Zealand, his career was restricted to just 21 Tests, in which he scored 1,669 runs, including three centuries.
Bland's chief fame, though, rested on his fielding. By common consent the finest cover fieldsman of his time, and rated by some as the finest ever, he was able to the turn the course of whole matches. His spectacular
Run Out of
Ken Barrington in the
Lord's Test of
1965 , followed by a similar dismissal of
Jim Parks , is reckoned to have been the decisive moment that won South Africa the series.
Bland was a
Wisden Cricketer Of The Year in 1966.
