{{Short description|South African cricketer (born 1957)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Edward Habane | image = | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1957}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | bowling = | role =
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| date = 18 July 2020 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45565.html Cricinfo }} '''Edward Habane''' (born 1957) is a South African cricketer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/855267/through-the-past--darkly |title=Through the past, darkly |work=The Cricket Monthly |accessdate=19 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stgeorgespark.nmmu.ac.za/content/unification/displayarticle.asp?artid=uni_034 |title=St George's Park History |work=St George's Park |accessdate=19 July 2020}}</ref> He played in one first-class match in 1975.<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/45565.html |title=Edward Habane |accessdate=18 July 2020 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In that match, along with Sedick Conrad, Habane was one of the first black African players to play in a mixed first-class side against a touring team since the 1920s.<ref name="Steen2014">{{cite book|author=Rob Steen|title=Floodlights and Touchlines: A History of Spectator Sport|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uX6aAwAAQBAJ&pg=PT707|date=26 June 2014|publisher=A&C Black|isbn=978-1-4081-8137-9|pages=707}}</ref>
==See also== * International cricket in South Africa from 1971 to 1981
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