Ali Bacher was born on 24 may 1942 in South Africa. His parents are from Jewish ethnicity and were immigrants in the South Africa. He was nicknamed Ali after Ali Baba of whom many stories are famous the most famous of which is Ali Baba and the forty thieves. He went to King Edward VII School for his education and was instantly selected in the school cricket team as he played so well. He later played for the South African under 19 cricket team and gave some very god performance for the team.
He later enrolled himself into University of Witwatersrand. After completing his degree he became what is called today as the general practitioner. He continued his work for another 9 years before leaving the job as he later told that the main reason to leave work was because he was getting involved and attached with his patients. This is never a good news for a doctor as the patients often die and watching someone who you're attracted to, go through pain is really not good. He left the job and focussed more on his cricketing abilities although he was still skilled enough to operate on a ill person.
His good performances earned him a place in the South African national team in 1965. He since then went on to play 12 tests for the national team. In the meanwhile, he captained the first ever south African team to defeat Australia in South Africa. This was a very great feat to achieve as until the South Africa was a minor in the international cricket but that win showed the world that South Africa was a very talented cricket nation as well.
In that match, he made 235 runs which are the highest score for South African batsmen against Australia. This win came as a shock to the world as everyone expected Australia to win the match by a great margin but Bachar inning motivated the whorl South Africa used to fight and to win the match. For his good performances, he was made the captain of the team. He, however, captained the team jus for one season. He has been awarded the South Africa's Sports Merit Award for the best sportsperson in the year 1972.
After leaving medicine and cricket, he started a business but soon after that he was hospitalized for a heart condition. He was later operated and went through a surgery. Later he left the business and started coaching the Transvaal cricket administration. His man management and the management of resources was observed by the South African cricket association. He was late made the managing director of the also can of south Africa cricket. He started to coach players of black ethnicity as he believed those were needed to be in ten teams in order to end the apartheid. He is currently the administrator the south African cricket council. Along with a cricket player and administrator, he is a married man and lives in Cape Town with his wife. There are many books that have stories about him which can be read.
| Birth Date: | 24 May, 1942 |
| Age: | 77 yrs |
| Occupations: | Cricketer |
| Citizenship: | South Africa |
| Birth Place: | Johannesburg |
| Education: | King Edward VII School |
| Gender: | Male |
| Description: | Cricket player of South Africa. |
