FOR once, let’s face the truth: the British Empire was built on the back of a rampant wave of merciless colonialism and the influx of immigrants from the former colonies.
Without the blood and sweat of immigrants, the majority of whom performed manual work that the indigenous populace frowned upon, such as the cleaning of toilets and street sweeping, gardening and domestic work, among others, there would not have been Britain as we have come to know it.
For the purposes of this article I want to focus in particular on the British immigrants of Asian descent, such as the Pakistanis, Indians and the Bangladeshis, among others.
These came from sporting backgrounds dominated by the game of cricket. This was one of the many intersections that brought
