The standoff with the Soviet Union in October 1962, a fight that came to be known as the Cuban Missile Crisis, ended without war, which gave the market license to rise again.

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"There was a lot of toing-and-froing, " said Strydom, without commenting directly on rumours that the squad had again been the subject of a tug-of-war between the selectors and Cricket South Africa president Norman Arendse.

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