Answer:
The
following examples justify the given statement
(i) In British colonies, playing
cricket was considered a sign of superior social and racial status.
(ii) Afro-Caribbean population was discouraged from participating in
organised club cricket. The club cricket was dominated by the white plantation
owners and their servants.
(iii) The first non-white club in West Indies was
established towards the end of the 19th century and even in this case, its
members were light-skinned mulattos.
(iv) Cricket in colonial India was organised on the
principle of race and religion. Cricket tournament was played by five teams?the
Europeans, the Parsis, the Hindus, the Muslims and the Rest.
(v) The colonial flavour of world cricket during the 1950s
and 1960s can be seen from the fact that England and other White Commonwealth
countries, Australia and New Zealand, continued to play Test Cricket with South
Africa.
South Africa was a racist state, who barred non-whites from representing
in Test matches.
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