Dik Abed

Sulaiman "Dik" Abed (22 October 1944 – 19 January 2018) was a South African-born cricketer, who played professionally in England and later captained the Netherlands.

[3] He represented the Western Province non-white team before moving to England in 1967 to see if he could establish himself as a professional in league cricket.

[4] Abed played as Enfield's professional in the Lancashire League for 10 seasons, from 1967 to 1976, scoring 5,271 runs at an average of 27.17 and taking 855 wickets at 10.27 with his fast-medium bowling.

[5][9] In an attempt to make South African cricket more acceptable to world opinion and to ensure the tour to Australia in 1971–72 went ahead, the South African cricket authorities offered Abed and another non-white player, Owen Williams, a place on the touring team.

[5] He eventually had to retire from cricket due to an eye injury, but remained active in the game.