He holds the unique distinction of having faced the first ball of South Africa's international cricket match since readmission.
He played football for Wits University while studying for a teaching degree in the late seventies and featured in the 1978 Mainstay Cup Final.
[2][3] He made his ODI debut on 10 November 1991 against India at the Eden Gardens in Kokata, which was also coincidentally South Africa's historic first ever One Day International, as South Africa made a comeback to international cricket after a long hiatus serving a suspension owing to apartheid policies.
He captained the province later on in his career, and remains the third highest run scorer in South African first class cricket.
Ignored by county cricket in England until late in his career, he scored over 7,500 runs for Somerset in his three seasons with the club, including 28 hundreds.