South Africa Legend Saait Magiet Passes Away Aged 66

The legendary all-rounder from South Africa Cricket Board (SACB), Saait Magiet passed away aged 66 on Tuesday in Malaysia. During the Apartheid regime, he was arguably the best all-rounder of South African for the non-ethnic SACB.

During the period of WP in the 1970s and 1980s, he became a vigorous force to drive behind the dominance of Howa Bowl in the Western Province Cricket Board.

His career

Saait had played 67 first-class innings where he scored 2650 runs with an average of 29.12. Saait had slammed three tons in his career besides hitting 15 half centuries. However, his personal best was 128.

Moreover, Saait was more effective with the ball, as he had 171 wickets at a prolific average of 12.99. Until his retirement in 1991, Magiet remained a gallant of the non-racial South African Council on Sports (SACOS). Due to apartheid, Saait Magiet missed playing for South Africa.

The job of coaching.

Saait Magiet garnered a huge success by coaching the Western Province Under-19 Khaya Majola team for many years after the unification of South Africa.

His son, Raashaad Magiet

Raashaad Magiet, son of Saait Magiet also went on to play first-class cricket. He represented Boland and WP. Raashaad Magiet was honoured with an official blazer by South African Cricket Board in World Cup 2015.

His death news

Zaheer Adams while confirming his death news took to micro-blogging website Twitter to share this tragic news. His tweet read as,

“South African cricket lost a legend today after Saait Magiet passed away in Malaysia. A true great… only pity the world didn’t get to see him represent his country #Sacos #Legend #Allrounder #Inaalhie #ForgottenHeroes #HowaBowl @OfficialCSA @CobrasCricket @IOLsport”

Here is the link to his tweet.