A Flash Outside The Off Stump

Andy Carter

A podcast on cricket history looking at early Black and Asian cricketers in England. A book of the series is now available entitled Beyond The Pale: Black and Asian Cricketers in Britain 1868-1945. It is available from Amazon and numerous other retailers worldwide. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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A Flash Outside The Off Stump

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Sep 5, 2024 A Flash Outside the Off Stump
Sep 5, 2024 A Flash Outside the Off Stump
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A Flash Outside The Off Stump

Sep 5, 2024
41 minutes
38 MB

1911 was a pivotal year in Indian cricket as it marked the first time that a truly representative India side toured abroad. This episode tells the story of that tour and of the remarkable man who was India’s best player of the tour, Palwankar Baloo. As an untouchable, Baloo’s struggle for recognition in the game had wide social implications at a time when India was trying to forge a national identity. By coincidence, 1911 was also the year in which the Indian national anthem, Jana Gana Mana, was composed. This episode looks at how cricket and the anthem became two pill...

A Flash Outside The Off Stump

A Flash Outside the Off Stump

Andy Carter

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