Nadeem Razvi feels he can no longer support a game he has loved since childhood, Liesbeth Tip calls for greater social support of victims of racism, and Michael Meadowcroft reflects on earlier troubles in Yorkshire CCC’s relationship with Asian cricketers
I have loved cricket for as long as I can remember; I have followed my county and England for 48 of my 55 years. I have been with England through highs and lows, from Headingley 1981 to the doldrums of the 1990s, and watched it rise again from 2005. I have admired David Gower, Ian Botham, Bob Willis, Graham Gooch and many others. As a Briton of south Asian descent, I have been filled with hope by watching Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid and many others who look and sound like me wearing an England shirt.
I have also been stigmatised by the Tebbit test, have suffered negative treatment at all levels of English cricket, and have despaired of the lack of fairness, but through it all, my love of the game and passion for the England team has been constant.
