It was post-colonial Test cricket. Even on the fourth day of the first Test, even with West Indies in total command and cruising to victory by 381 runs, even with the sun shining and sea-breezes blowing, even on a weekend, the vast majority of spectators in Kensington Oval were England supporters, not West Indians. If, for an Ashes Test, the Warner Stand at Lord’s was replaced with a beach and swimming-pool which were reserved for Australia’s supporters, because only they could afford the package: that would be the equivalent of the arrangements at the Oval in Barbados, which is still the heartland of West Indian cricket – as evidenced by six of their players being Barbadian, including their captain and double-centurion Jason Holder, and Roston Chase, their off-spinner who was blessed with eight England wickets. Police personnel, security staff, vendors, groundsmen, not to mention the players on the home side, were West Indian. Yet approximately 90 per cent of the spectators had come from England. The cost of tickets on day four was lowered to 15 Barbadian dollars, less than six pounds, and still not more than a few hundred Barbadians attended to watch West Indies achieve their overwhelming victory in… Read full this story
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