Ivan D'Oliveira
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Ivan D'Oliveira is a South Africa
n former cricket
er who played first-class cricket
for Leicestershire
. He is the brother of Basil D'Oliveira
and the uncle of Damian D'Oliveira
.
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
n former cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
er who played first-class cricket
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
for Leicestershire
Leicestershire County Cricket Club
Leicestershire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh national cricket structure, representing the historic county of Leicestershire. It has also been representative of the county of Rutland....
. He is the brother of Basil D'Oliveira
Basil D'Oliveira
Basil Lewis D'Oliveira CBE , known affectionately around the world as "Dolly", was a South African-born English cricketer. D'Oliveira was classified as 'coloured' under the apartheid regime, and hence barred from first-class cricket, resulting in his emigration to England...
and the uncle of Damian D'Oliveira
Damian D'Oliveira
Damian Basil D'Oliveira is a former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Worcestershire from 1982 to 1995, and is the current Academy director of Worcestershire County Cricket Club.His father, Basil played first-class cricket for Worcestershire from 1964 to 1980, and England from 1966 to...
.