Cricket in the West Indies mirrored the racial hierarchy of the wider society.

Evidence

“The game of cricket, therefore, in a real sense mirrored life in general in West Indian society, where a similar dichotomy existed. Whites were represented in the top echelons of West Indian Society, out of all proportion to their numbers in the population. They led and non-white West Indians were expected to follow. Decisions with respect to who should play, on which grounds test matches in the West Indies should be played, amount of entrance fee for games and hence profits, continued to be made by the whites.” — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 2342