Sporting ban to protest against apartheid in South Africa ended in 1977 . ` ` ' tours '' were highly controversial , unofficial , international tours . I realize the significance of that event now . Team of West Indian Test players visited South Africa in 1983 . They were shunned by society on their return home to the Caribbean .
Sporting ban to protest against apartheid in South Africa ended in 1977 . ` ` ' tours '' were highly controversial , unofficial , international tours . Team of West Indian Test players visited South Africa in 1983 . They were shunned by society on their return home to the Caribbean .