Thirty years ago , a West Indies cricket team took part in unauthorized tours . As the regional historian Professor Hilary Beckles put it , the rebel tours still represent a `` running wound '' in West Indian society . Sporting sanctions had been placed on apartheid-era South Africa . The players who took part in the tours were branded as rebels , ending their careers . This was not an isolated incident ; it happened to many other teams and countries during this period of time.
Thirty years ago , a West Indies cricket team took part in unauthorized tours . Sporting sanctions had been placed on apartheid-era South Africa . The players who took part in the tours were branded as rebels , ending their careers . This was not an isolated incident ; it happened to many other teams and countries during this period of time.