Ali Bacher
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Aron "Ali" Bacher (1942–) is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
He was born 24 May 1942 in Roodepoort to Lithuanian-Jewish parents who emigrated to South Africa, and got his nickname "Ali" at the age of seven from Ali Baba. Bacher married Shira Teeger in 1965, and they have two daughters and one son. His nephew Adam Bacher played for South Africa in the 1990s.
Bacher started playing cricket while at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, and represented Transvaal at the age of 17. He played in 12 Tests for South Africa, three against England and nine against Australia; he was captain in the last four. In a first-class match for Transvaal against the visiting Australian cricket team in 1966–67, he made 235 in the second innings, the record score for any South African team against Australia, took five catches, and led his team to Australia's first ever defeat in South Africa. He later played important innings in Test victories over Australia in the First, Third and Fifth Tests.
He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and became a general practitioner. He worked as a GP for nine years but left the field: "I realised I was getting too emotionally involved with the patients."
He captained the national team in only one series: in 1969–70 against Australia at home in which the South Africans won all four Tests. He was selected to captain the touring teams to England in 1970 and Australia in 1971–72, but neither tour eventuated, owing to anti-apartheid protests in the host countries. In 1972 he became the first player to make 5000 runs in the Currie Cup. He was awarded South Africa's Sports Merit Award (its top athletics honour) in 1972.
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