Ali Bacher
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Aron "Ali" Bacher is a former South African Test cricketer and an administrator of the United Cricket Board of South Africa.
n-Jewish parents who emigrated to South Africa and got his nickname "Ali" at the age of seven from Ali Baba
. Ali married Shira Teeger, and they have two daughters and one son. His nephew Adam Bacher
played for South Africa in the 1990s.
Ali started playing cricket
while at school 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 a high score of 235 in the second innings. He captained the national team in only one series: in 1969/70 against Australia at home in which the South Africans won all the Tests in the four match series.
He was awarded South Africa's Sports Merit Award (its top athletics honor) in 1972.
He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand
and became a general practitioner
. In 1981 he had heart bypass surgery.
Biography
He was born to LithuaniaLithuania
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n-Jewish parents who emigrated to South Africa and got his nickname "Ali" at the age of seven from Ali Baba
Ali Baba
Ali Baba is a fictional character from medieval Arabic literature. He is described in the adventure tale of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves...
. Ali married Shira Teeger, and they have two daughters and one son. His nephew Adam Bacher
Adam Bacher
Adam Marc Bacher is a South African cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler...
played for South Africa in the 1990s.
Ali started playing cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
while at school and represented Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
at the age of 17. He played in 12 Tests
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
for South Africa, three against England and nine against Australia
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
; he was captain in the last four. In a first-class match
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Transvaal
Transvaal Province
Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:...
against the visiting Australian cricket team
Australian cricket team
The Australian cricket team is the national cricket team of Australia. It is the joint oldest team in Test cricket, having played in the first Test match in 1877...
in 1966/67, he made a high score of 235 in the second innings. He captained the national team in only one series: in 1969/70 against Australia at home in which the South Africans won all the Tests in the four match series.
He was awarded South Africa's Sports Merit Award (its top athletics honor) in 1972.
He studied at the University of the Witwatersrand
University of the Witwatersrand
The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg is a South African university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University...
and became a general practitioner
General practitioner
A general practitioner is a medical practitioner who treats acute and chronic illnesses and provides preventive care and health education for all ages and both sexes. They have particular skills in treating people with multiple health issues and comorbidities...
. In 1981 he had heart bypass surgery.