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Full name | Clive Edward Butler Rice | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa |
23 July 1949||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 July 2015 Cape Town, South Africa |
(aged 66)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling style | Right arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Role | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ODI debut (cap 7) | 10 November 1991 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last ODI | 14 November 1991 v India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1992/93–1993/94 | Natal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970/71–1991/92 | Transvaal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1988–1989 | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1987 | MCC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975–1987 | Nottinghamshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 18 January 2008 |
Clive Edward Butler Rice (23 July 1949 – 28 July 2015) was a South African international cricketer. An all-rounder, Rice ended his First Class cricket career with a batting average of 40.95 and a bowling average of 22.49. He captained Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club from 1979 to 1987.
His career coincided directly with South Africa's sporting isolation, and his international experience was limited to his post-prime days. He played three One Day Internationals for South Africa following the country's return from sporting isolation. He was controversially left out of the squads for the one-off Test against West Indies and the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Despite this he is widely regarded as one of the best all-rounders of his generation, alongside Imran Khan, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and his county team-mate Richard Hadlee.
On 28 July 2015, Rice died in hospital at the age of 66, suffering from a brain tumour.
Rice was born to Patrick and Angela on 23 July 1949 in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa. Rice's grandfather Phillip Syndercombe Bower played cricket for Oxford University while his brother Richard was selected for Transvaal but was unable to play due to exams.
Rice worked for a street-lighting company called Envirolight in Johannesburg and his wife Susan heads a Sports Tour and Bush safari company. The couple have two children.
Rice began his career with Transvaal in 1969 and was called up for South Africa's (ultimately cancelled) tour of Australia in 1971–72. In South African domestic cricket he successfully led the 1980s Transvaal, known as the "Mean Machine", to three Castle Currie Cups and other one-day competition victories. Toward the end of his playing career, he played for and captained Natal.