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Througout the 90s South Africa had one of the best cricket teams in the world. In recent years the team has declined and they've lost a potential star of the future because of
racial quotas.
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Kevin Pietersen has spoken of the heart-breaking decision to leave South Africa in pursuit of an international career with England.
Pietersen felt he was forced out of the country of his birth at the age of 20 because of the racial quota system.
This meant non-white players were fast-tracked into cricket teams and he was dropped by Natal.
"I was dropped because of the quota system brought into South African cricket," Pietersen said.
"It was to positively discriminate in favour of 'players of colour' and to fast-track the racial integration of cricket in the country.
"To me, every single person in this world needs to be treated exactly the same and that should have included me, as a promising 20-year-old cricketer.
"If you do well you should play on merit. That goes for any person of any colour.
"It was heartbreaking," he said in the Daily Mail.
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racial quotas.
Here's some of the text:
Kevin Pietersen has spoken of the heart-breaking decision to leave South Africa in pursuit of an international career with England.
Pietersen felt he was forced out of the country of his birth at the age of 20 because of the racial quota system.
This meant non-white players were fast-tracked into cricket teams and he was dropped by Natal.
"I was dropped because of the quota system brought into South African cricket," Pietersen said.
"It was to positively discriminate in favour of 'players of colour' and to fast-track the racial integration of cricket in the country.
"To me, every single person in this world needs to be treated exactly the same and that should have included me, as a promising 20-year-old cricketer.
"If you do well you should play on merit. That goes for any person of any colour.
"It was heartbreaking," he said in the Daily Mail.
Edited by: Matra1