Why Black lives matter

Book review of WHY WE KNEEL, HOW WE RISE

Successful sportspeople usually venture into the literary world to write memoirs. Michael Holding, the West Indian fast bowler who played for the famous team that dominated world cricket for 15 years in the eighties and nineties, has been there and done that. This book is not a celebratory chronicle; it takes a hard look at racism, why it endures and what we can do about it.

In retirement, Mr Holding, a personal favourite among those ruthless West Indian quicks of that era for his fluent action, became a talented and phlegmatic commentator. So when a clip showed the big man, known