6 biggest South African cricketers whose international careers were halted due to racial apartheid regime

#5 Peter Kirsten

Peter Kirsten played for Derbyshire in the English County League

Another promising prospect whose career got affected by the brutal apartheid regime, Peter Kirsten was a prolific run scorer in the domestic circuit. Kirsten played for Derbyshire in the English county league from 1978 to 1982 in 106 matches scoring 7,722 runs at an impressive average of 49.50.

He played for Western Province in the South African domestic circuit scoring 9,087 runs in 133 matches. He also captained Western Province during the 1980s achieving the first class and One Day Tournament series double in the 1981-82 season.

In 1991, South Africa was granted the permission to rejoin the International Cricket Conference and went on their first ever tour to India. Kirsten played in all the 3 ODIs as the Proteas lost the series narrowly. In 1992 he made his Test debut against West Indies scoring a fluent half-century in the 2nd innings of the game. A couple of years later Kirsten notched up his maiden Test century against England at Leeds.