7 ICC and beyond
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Peter Mason
Abstract
This chapter looks at how Walcott came to be the first non-white chairman of the ICC and considers his subsequent achievements in that post, including wresting power away from the MCC and ending the stranglehold of England and Australia on global cricket administration. It considers his later move to become chair of the ICC’s cricket committee, with responsibility for discipline and corruption, and his continued role in trying to prevent South Africa from returning to Test cricket, which ends when apartheid falls and he becomes a key figure in reintroducing the country to the world game. With Walcott’s retirement in 2000, the chapter looks at his last quiet years in Barbados before his death in 2006, followed by worldwide reaction to his life and death.
Abstract
This chapter looks at how Walcott came to be the first non-white chairman of the ICC and considers his subsequent achievements in that post, including wresting power away from the MCC and ending the stranglehold of England and Australia on global cricket administration. It considers his later move to become chair of the ICC’s cricket committee, with responsibility for discipline and corruption, and his continued role in trying to prevent South Africa from returning to Test cricket, which ends when apartheid falls and he becomes a key figure in reintroducing the country to the world game. With Walcott’s retirement in 2000, the chapter looks at his last quiet years in Barbados before his death in 2006, followed by worldwide reaction to his life and death.
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Early years – and first-class cricket 5
- 2 West Indies hero 21
- 3 India, Enfield and the Hutton tour 45
- 4 To British Guiana 54
- 5 Reaching a peak – and retirement 86
- 6 Steering the West Indies to greatness 110
- 7 ICC and beyond 150
- 8 An assessment 162
- Timeline 169
- Statistics 173
- Notes 181
- Bibliography 190
- Index 193
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- List of figures vi
- Acknowledgements vii
- Introduction 1
- 1 Early years – and first-class cricket 5
- 2 West Indies hero 21
- 3 India, Enfield and the Hutton tour 45
- 4 To British Guiana 54
- 5 Reaching a peak – and retirement 86
- 6 Steering the West Indies to greatness 110
- 7 ICC and beyond 150
- 8 An assessment 162
- Timeline 169
- Statistics 173
- Notes 181
- Bibliography 190
- Index 193
