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"We were denied opportunities on the cricket fields. I was picked for the biggest tour to India. If you ask some players, they say they got 600k, I only got 9k in the 6 weeks I was there, which was 3k for each game I didn& #39;t play. I was picked for the T20 series and didn& #39;t play"
"Now coming back home, we get bonuses from the South African Cricketers Association (SACA) three times a year. Those bonuses depend on the number of games you& #39;ve played. So I lost out on that too cos I wasn& #39;t playing at home, because I was on tour with the Proteas"
"So I was missing out on money while I was on tour cos I didn& #39;t play in any of the matches. I was also missing out on money at home cos I was away. That& #39;s why I used to say to my brother, I was losing money when I was with the Proteas"
"My first game for the Proteas was against Bangladesh. I was Man of the Match after taking 3/16. The next series was against NZ, I didn& #39;t play the first game, after being MOM. I played the 2nd game, took 1 wicket, we lost. The next tour was to India, I didn& #39;t play at all"
"This hurt, it hurt me deeply. I came back and I was probably unbearable to work with, I had an attitude and was probably hard to manage. But it was the scars, they cut me deep. It hurts that you& #39;re on tour with a National Team for 6-8 weeks, but you don& #39;t play"
"I& #39;m grateful I had a Coach like @geoffreytoyana who understood that I was rusty when I came back. He said I can bowl as many overs, even if I go for 2/100. I had a captain like @AlviroPetersen who really backed me, even though emotionally I was not in the right state"
"After this was the 2016 World Cup. I didn& #39;t understand why I wasn& #39;t picked cos my strike rate was 9.00. I had taken 4 wickets in two matches for the Proteas. In one of those 2 games, I was MOM"
"Then in 2017 after that World Cup, I was told I& #39;ve been picked to go on a spinners camp in India. I was like, no, I& #39;m not going to do that. I& #39;d rather go back to the Caribbean where I& #39;d been playing for 3 years. I actually played for St Lucia (a country) before I played for SA"
"Darren Sammy took me to play for St Lucia. He said Eddie I& #39;m putting you on the draft. But I didn& #39;t make the cut. Then Shakib Al Hasan pulled out and Sammy brought me back and for the same amount they were paying for Shakib. I won a few matches for them in 2016"
"I went back in 2017 and Sammy said, Eddie I think you can get citizenship in St Lucia if you own property. I& #39;ll give you one million to buy and you could play for the West Indies cos we need spinners. But I was patriotic and was still hoping to play for South Africa"
"Sammy and the Coach Stuart Williams couldn& #39;t understand why I wasn& #39;t playing for the Proteas but in South Africa they kept on saying we don& #39;t have spinners. So they said rather come play this side, but I refused that offer because I wanted to play for my National Team"
"I remember when I came back to SA,I felt I really wanted to prove myself.I played against the Knights with a sore shoulder.The physio said Eddie come out,I said no.I didn& #39;t even celebrate my 4 wickets that day because I was still hurt.But I don& #39;t think that& #39;s good anger to have"
"In 2018 I went to the Knights, Nicky Boje treated me so well. We had such a good relationship. But when hs left, things went downhill there. I also realized i still had scars and anger. But in the past 6 months, I went to speak to someone and they said Eddie you need to heal"
"Last season at the Knights it was worse for me. As a spinner I& #39;d be brought on in the 17th over of a T20 match.There& #39;s a game I played against the Cobras. I bowled 10 overs in four spells.I was being wasted.I even asked the Knights to release me if they won& #39;t use me accordingly"
"I have now forgiven. I& #39;ve moved on, I still love cricket. I play for fun. But the scars are still there, they don& #39;t go away. Being picked for the National Team and not play. I won& #39;t lie, it hurts. I had to see a psychologist to help deal with that" - @eddieleie @SAfmRadio
Here is the PODCAST of the full interview with @eddieleie. We also spoke to Professor Andre Odendaal, a historian, about the history of Blacks in South African cricket and why #BlackLivesMatter 
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