Ironies of the Victory


 
 
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Ironies of the Victory

While other games like Hockey and Football became international games, played all over the world, cricket remained a colonial game , limited to the countries that had once been part of British empire. The Britishers brought the cricket to their colonies, but they made little effort to spread the game in non-white territories like India and West Indies .

playing cricket became a sign of superior social and racial states .Afro -carribean population of West Indies was discouraged to participate in the game. But the cricket became hugely popular in the carribean. The first non-white club in the west indies was established towards the end of of the 19th century. Political leaders believed that to participate in the game could earn self respect and international standing . when the west indies won its first Test series against England in 1950, it was celebrated as a national achievement.

Ironies of the Victory:The following points state ironies of this victory

  • It was a way of demonstrating that West Indians were the equals of white Englishmen. The winning West Indies team was captained by a white player. The first time a black player, Frank Worrell led the West Indies Test team in 1960.
  • The West Indies cricket team represented not one nation but several dominions that later became independent countries.
  • The pan -west Indian team represent the entire Carribean region in international cricket.
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