OBITUARY: 'Baboo' Ebrahim - humble master of the art of spin bowling

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Ebrahim was an orthodox left-arm spin bowler, who had the amazing ability to extract prodigious turn of the ball in both ways on almost any surface. Whilst he could bowl accurately for long spells, he varied the flight of the ball intelligently. His influence on the art of spin bowling in the 1960s and 1970s was considerable and he played the game in good spirit and earned a huge reputation.

Ebrahim’s talents were recognised at a very young age when he was invited to play for a Basil D’Oliveira’s XI against Western Province in 1967. He was also selected, alongside Yacoob Omar, Graham Francois, Jugoo Govender and Goolam Allie for the rest of the South African Cricket Board of Control side against the formidable Western Province XI at the Oude Libertas Stadium in Stellenbosch. Ebrahim took 4-51 in the first innings to help the SACBOC team win the match by 9 wickets.

He later joined Radcliffe Cricket Club in the Lancashire Central League in England for one season. He took 62 wickets at 14.62 apiece.

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