The South African national cricket team was meant to tour Australia over the 1971–72 Australian summer.
However, the tour was cancelled after protests from the anti-apartheid movement; in making this decision, the Australian Cricket Board had been influenced by the protests that accompanied the 1971 South Africa rugby union tour of Australia.
[1] South Africa's selected squad was:[2] Barlow subsequently withdrew for business reasons and was replaced by Arthur Short.
As a result of the tour's cancellation, South Africa's exclusion from international cricket was formalised.
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