Clive Rice was born in Johannesburg on Jul 23, 1949. Clive started playing cricket with the Transvaal Nuffield XI in 1967 and showed signs of being a good all-rounder, earning him a promotion to the Transvaal B squad in 1969/70. In 1970/71, he was promoted to the Transvaal A squad and invited to tour Australia with the Springbok cricket team. Due to SA’s racial practices in sports, the International Cricket Council (ICC) prohibited the tour. Natal’s 1971/72 captain was Rice. From 1975 through 1987, Nottinghamshire County Club in England drew him. In 1981, his team won the double. Transvaal won five Castle Cups, five Nissan Shields, and three Benson and Hedges Series under Rice’s captaincy in 1981/82. Scotland’s 1988/89 captain was Rice. In 1991, Rice captained South Africa’s ICC re-admission match against India.
Rice was omitted from the 1992 World Cricket Cup in Australia and New Zealand due to his age. Cricket observers claimed that the selectors did not want to embarrass one of South Africa’s finest cricketers by saying he had passed his time. Instead, he was hired by Channel 9 to commentate on the same event. In 1995, Rice founded the Rand Afrikaans University Academy and the Plascon Cricket Academy. The following year, he captained South Africa to master cricket in Bombay.
Clive Rice Biography:
- Real Name: Clive Edward Butler Rice
- Other/Nickname: Rice, Clive, Clive Rice
- Profession: South African Cricketer
- Famous for: All-rounder
- Bowling Style: Right arm fast medium
- Batting Style: Right-handed
- Best Performance: 1/46, India v South Africa at Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior on Nov 12, 1991
- Net Worth: $1 – 5 million
Clive Rice Personal Life:
- Date Of Birth: Jul 23, 1949
- Died: Jul 28, 2015 (aged 66years)
- Place Of Birth: Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa
- Nationality: South African
- Hometown: Johannesburg, Transvaal
- College: St. John’s College, Johannesburg,
- Highest Education qualification: Bachelor of Commerce
Clive Rice Family Statistics:
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- Marital Status: Married
- Wife: Susan
- Children: Two children
- Parents: Patrick and Angela
- Siblings: Brother-Richard
- Religion: Christian
Clive Rice Career Statistics:
ODI Debut: vs. India at Eden Gardens, Nov 10, 1991
Clive Rice Achievements:
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- Rice was a natural captain at Notts from 1979 until 1987. In 1981, Rice took 65 wickets and averaged 56 with the bat to lead them to their first County Championship in 52 years.
- Rice won South African Cricket’s Annual Cricketer of the Year four times (1971, 1985, 1986, and 1988). Furthermore, in 1981, he was named one of Wisden’s Cricketers of the Year.
- He played 482 first-class matches between 1969 and 1994, scoring 26,331 runs (including 48 hundred and 137 fifties) at 40.95 as an aggressive batsman, taking 930 wickets at 22.49 as a fast and swing bowler, and catching 401.
- He scored 13,474 runs (with 11 centuries and 79 half-centuries) at an average of 37.32 while claiming 517 wickets (at an average of 22.64) and snatching 174 catches in 479 one-day matches.
Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Clive Rice:
- Rice, 42, played his first international match. South Africa dropped him after three ODIs against India. Thus ended the career of a man who should have played 100 Tests.
- Johannesburg-born Clive Edward Butler Rice He graduated from St. John’s College, Johannesburg, with a Bachelor of Commerce. He worked for a street-lighting company, but his talent and future were in cricket with Bedfordview.
- Rice’s grandpa, Philip Bower, had played a few first-class matches for Oxford University. Thus, the sport was in Rice’s blood. Rice himself was an accomplished cricket player.
- In the late 1990s, Rice developed a brain tumour but recovered. After a 2015 brain tumour, Rice collapsed at home. South African specialists told him the tumour was inoperable, so he went to India for treatment.
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