Cricket – a White man’s game in Australia ?

Disclaimer: This post is inspired by a CNN-IBN story by Paarul on how cricket may perhaps hold the key to race relations in Australia.

While there is a larger acknowledgment on the part of cricket historians, particularly in Australia, about indigenous cricketers and certainly cricketers from other races (be it Asians or others) not being able to represent the Aussies in international cricket consistently, there is also a candid admission there – the very system that is responsible to spread the game in Australia and take it to the masses, has consistently ignored communities such as the Aborigines and even the migrant community. The lack of integration when it comes to cricket can instantly be noticed when we see the lack of players from other communities having represented Australia, so much so that it is the only Test playing country, which hasn’t been represented by an Asian thus far (someone closest who fits into this would be Dav Whatmore – born in Sri Lanka and played Test cricket for Australia).