Empire of Cricket looks at the story of the West Indies. This second programme explains how West Indian cricketing heroes have always understood that their achievements on the field could help inspire and define an idea of West Indian identity beyond the boundary.
It reveals how cricket clubs across the Caribbean once operated a kind of sporting apartheid, with whites-only membership. White players alone were allowed to captain the national team. Black players were expected to bowl and field, but only white players were believed to be capable of mastering the skills of batting and captaincy.
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