Abstract
Calypso, Literature and West Indian Cricket: Era of Dominance
Highlights
This essay was previously published in Transgression, Transition, Transformation: Essays in Caribbean Culture published in 2007 by Lexington Trinidad Ltd
In “Kerry Packer,” the narrator assumes the voice of the West Indies’ cricketing directorate which at the time had joined the cricketing officialdom of the rest of the world in identifying Australian TV magnate Kerry Packer as a major threat to world cricket and in banning players who signed contracts to play in the Packer League in Australia
Nor could the West Indies Cricket Board satisfactorily explain their objection to West Indian players, who habitually played as professionals in the English counties and leagues, where their colleagues sometimes included players from South Africa, signing more lucrative contracts with Packer
Summary
Gordon (2008) "Calypso, Literature and West Indian Cricket: Era of Dominance," Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal: Vol 6 : Iss. 1 , Article 4. The identity issue would arise with a vengeance in Trinidad over Black Stalin’s calypso “Caribbean Unity” (The Caribbean Man 1979) It would surface in many different ways and contexts between the mid-1980’s and the early 1990’s, the seven stern years of Viv Richards’s captaincy of the iconic West Indies cricket team. The CIDWIC stand gained moral strength from External Affairs Minister Errol Mahabir’s declaration early in November 1985 that the Government of Trinidad and Tobago “would support the decision of the West Indies Cricket Board of Control (WICBC) in maintaining the life-ban on West Indian cricketers who played in South Africa” (“Mahabir” 19). Carmichael we could ban But not the Queen’s opening batsman We prefer the blood money This joker doh want see Gooch face
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