'Even the 100s, even the great moments, I didn't celebrate as a sense of enjoyment but sense of relief,' said Ashwell Prince.
The 47-year-old coach has played 66 Tests and 52 One Day Internationals for the Proteas during his nine years with the national team. He was more prolific in red-ball cricket, scoring over 3600 runs with an average of 42. Despite his success, Ashwell Prince has lived with the stigma of being called a quota player., the former Cobras coach said he always felt he needed to prove a point as a non-white player.
“The actual history of the sport runs deep in our communities uhm, yes back and I think sometimes there’s this perception that after unity in 1992, that’s when the sport was introduced to our communities. That’s not the case, our club has been there for a very long time. There are clubs in Cape Town that have been around for nearly 100 years.The former left-handed batsman became the first non-white captain to lead the Proteas in 2006 when he stood in for injured Graeme Smith.
“When you go out on the pitch, it’s a single-minded approach that you’re taking on because the only way I can prove to my teammate that I deserve to be here, the only way I can prove that Coloured people and Black can play this game at this level to this standard is required, is that I have to do the things that are acceptable for a number five or six batsman.”Ashwell Prince admitted that he never enjoyed his milestone as for him, it felt more of a survival playing for the Proteas.
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