The life of Basil D'Oliveira - in pictures

The Cape Town-born cricketer was classified as 'coloured' by South Africa's apartheid regime and was therefore barred from first-class cricket. He captained South Africa's national non-white cricket team but emigrated to England in 1960. After playing with the Central Lancashire League team of Middleton for three years, in 1964 he joined Worcestershire Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

D'Oliveira in action for Worcestershire against the 1964 Australian tourists Photograph: Shaw/Evening News/Rex Features

'Dolly' bowling in 1965. His medium-pacers yielded 551 first-class wickets at an average of 27.45 Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

D'Oliveira is chaired by his Worcestershire team-mates after being selected to make his England Test debut against the West Indies in 1966 Photograph: Associated Newspapers/Rex Features

D'Oliveira at a press conference at Heathrow Airport on 2 March 1967. South Africa's minister of the interior had said he would not be admitted to the country if England picked him for their 1968-69 tour. As a result the tour was eventually cancelled, which ultimately led to South Africa's isolation from international cricket until 1991 Photograph: Bentley Archive/Popperfoto/Getty Images

D'Oliveira strikes Australian bowler John Gleeson to the boundary during the innings of his life, 158 in the final Test at the Oval in 1968 Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

Giving his sons, Shaun, left, and Damian a masterclass in 1968. Damian went on to play first-class cricket for Worcestershire Photograph: John Pratt/Getty Images

A portrait of the Worcestershire and England cricketer taken in 1969 Photograph: Getty Images

With his wife Naomi and son Damian after receiving his OBE at Buckingham Palace on October 29, 1969 Photograph: Central Press/Getty Images

D'Oliveira bowling for Worcestershire at New Road, August 1970 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

D'Oliveira looks at his man of the match award in the dressing room after Worcestershire's three-wicket victory over Sussex in the first round of the Gillette Cup in 1972 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

A portrait of D'Oliveira at New Road in Worcester on 1 April 1978 Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

After hanging up his pads, D'Oliveira became the Worcestershire coach. Here he is pictured with the team in 1982. Back row, left-right, Martin Webster, Hartley Alleyne, Mark Scott, Paul Pridgeon, Basil D'Oliveira (Coach), Dipak Patel, Steve Perryman, Younis Ahmed. Front row, left-right, John Inchmore, Ted Hemsley, Alan Ormrod, Phil Neale (Captain), Glenn Turner, David Humphries and Norman Gifford Photograph: Bob Thomas/Getty Images

Back in his home city of Cape Town playing cricket with children in a township in 1988 Photograph: Steve Bent/Associated Newspapers/Rex Features

D'Oliveira signs autographs at the Test between England and South Africa in 1994 Photograph: David Munden/Popperfoto/Getty Images