Cricketer Clive Edward Butler Rice represented South Africa internationally from 23 July 1949 until 28 July 2015. Rice was an all-around player who finished his First Class cricket career with batting averages of 40.95 and 22.49 and bowling averages of 22.49. From 1979 until 1987, he served as the Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club’s captain.
His professional life exactly mirrored South Africa’s sporting exile, and his overseas travels were only possible during his later years. Following South Africa’s comeback from its period of sporting isolation, he participated in three One Day Internationals for the nation. He was notably omitted from the rosters for the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the lone test against the West Indies. Despite this, he is considered one of the greatest all-rounders of his era, along with Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan, Ian Botham, and Kapil Dev.
His professional life exactly mirrored South Africa’s sporting exile, and his overseas travels were only possible during his later years. Following South Africa’s comeback from its period of sporting isolation, he participated in three One Day Internationals for the nation. He was notably omitted from the rosters for the 1992 Cricket World Cup and the lone test against the West Indies. Despite this, he is considered as one of the best of his time, along with Richard Hadlee, Imran Khan, Ian Botham, and Kapil Dev. In Johannesburg, Rice works for the Envirolight street lighting company, and his wife Susan is the boss of the Sports Tour and Bush safari business. Two kids were born to the couple.
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Rice, 66, passed away at a hospital on July 28, 2015 from a brain tumor.
Clive Rice Biography
- Real Name: Clive Edward Butler Rice
- Other/Nickname: Clive Rice
- Profession: Cricketer
- Famous for: South African international cricketer as An all-rounder
- Best Performance: In 1980 he amassed 1448 runs at 53.62 and captured 39 wickets at 22.02.
- Clive Rice Net Worth: $1 million – $5 million dollars
- Clive Rice Instagram: @ricclive
Clive Rice Physical Status
- Height: NA
- Weight: NA
- Body Measurements: NA
- Eye Colour: NA
- Hair Colour: NA
- Batting Style: Right Handed
- Bowling Style: Fast bowling
- Fielding: Slip fielder
Clive Rice Personal Life
- Date Of Birth: September 16, 1959
- Place Of Birth: Johannesburg, Transvaal
- Nationality: South African
- Hometown: Johannesburg
- School: St John’s College and Damelin College
Clive Rice Family Statistics
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- Marital Status: Married
- Clive Rice Wife: Susan
- Clive Rice Children: Mark Rice and Jackie Gilmour
- Parents: Father: Patrick Rice
- Religion:Christian
- Clive Rice Sibling: Richard (Brother)
Clive Rice Career Statistics
Test Debut: vs West Indies at Bridgtetown 18th April 1992
ODI Debut: vs India at Eden Gardens- November 10, 1991
Clive Rice’s Achievements
- In 1969, Rice joined Transvaal and was later called up for South Africa’s 1971–72 tour of Australia, which was ultimately postponed. In South African domestic cricket, he was a successful captain of the “Mean Machine” of the 1980s Transvaal, which won three Castle Currie Cups and other one-day competitions.
- He played for and served as captain of Natal toward the end of his playing days. He was the first cricketer in List history to amass 5000 runs and 500 wickets.
- In the English County Championship, Rice competed for Nottinghamshire alongside internationals Richard Hadlee and Derek Randall.
- He captained the team to County Championship victories in 1981 and 1987, and for his heroics in 1981, he was selected a Wisden Cricketer of the Year, a rare honor. Later on, he represented Scotland.
- Rice joined the contentious World Series Cricket setup after being banned from international cricket along with other South African players because of the country’s apartheid policies.
- Several rebel cricket teams traveled to South Africa in the 1980s to participate in unofficial “Test” matches. For the bulk of these games, Rice led the home team.
- At the age of 42, Rice was able to play in and captain South Africa’s first One Day International against India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, making his official debut in international cricket.
- Rice concluded his three One Day International matches with averages of 13 with the bat and 57 with the ball.
- Rice was not the mediocre cricketer suggested by his record of just three one-day internationals. He was one of the best all-rounders in the 1970s and 1980s for Transvaal and Nottinghamshire.
- He was a devastating right-handed batter with one of the most brutal cuts in cricket, a true pace bowler in the 1970s, and a hard-headed skipper like no other.
- He was chosen without hesitation by the South African teams to face the rebel tourists of the 1980s after attracting the notice of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket, which in and of itself was validation of his ability.
- Additionally, he embodied the professional sport cricketer in that he was fast to grasp the increasing money potential in the sport.
Here are some of the lesser-known facts about Clive Rice:
- On July 23, 1949, in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province, Union of South Africa, Rice was born to Patrick and Angela.
- While Richard’s brother Philip Salkeld Syndercombe Bower was chosen for Transvaal but was unable to play because of exams, Rice’s grandpa Philip Salkeld Syndercombe Bower scored runs for Oxford University.
- In Johannesburg, Rice works for the Envirolight street lighting company, and his wife Susan is the boss of the Sports Tour and Bush safari business. The couple gave birth to two children.
- In September 1998, Rice received a diagnosis of a brain tumor, and he underwent therapy in Hannover, Germany.
- After collapsing at his Johannesburg home in February 2015, examinations at a nearby hospital revealed that Rice had a deep-seated tumor that could not be removed by invasive surgery.
- The tumor was then surgically removed using robotic radiation therapy by Rice at Health Care Global in Bangalore, India.
- Rice underwent a successful procedure, and in March 2015, he went back home. Rice passed away from sepsis in the Morningside hospital in Johannesburg on the morning of July 28, 2015.
Although Clive Rice’s timing helped him through a first-rate career spanning four decades, it failed him miserably internationally. Before South Africa’s final Test series before isolation, Rice made his first-class debut in 1969. Even though he led his nation on their 1991 three-ODI comeback tour of India, he was regarded to be too old, at 42, to lead South Africa to the World Cup.
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