Question

why was cricket said to have a colonial flavour during 1950s and 1960s ? Explain

Answer 1

It has been rightly said that cricket during the fifties had the colonial flavour. [ii] Even after Indian independence in 1947, the regulation of international cricket remained the business of the Imperial Cricket Conference [ICC]. [iii] It was being controlled by the founder members, England and Australia. They also had the right to veto. [iv] The colonial flavour of the world cricket can also be seen from the fact that England and other white Common Wealth Countries, Australia and New Zealand continued to play test cricket with South Africa, a racist State. [v] Test playing nations like India, Pakistan and West Indies boycotted South Africa, but they did not have the necessary power in the ICC to debar that country from cricket. [2] When the political pressure to isolate South Africa was applied by the newly decolonized nations of Asia and Africa combined with liberal feelings in England, the English cricket authorities were forced to cancel a tour by South Africa in 1970.