The Yorkshire Post says: King left stumped. Cricket legend in Windrush row

AFTER A typically buccaneering innings by Collis King swung the 1979 World Cup final in favour of the West Indies, he has become a familiar '“ and formidable '“ figure in Yorkshire's cricket leagues.

By The Newsroom

Published 18th Jul 2018, 01:03 BST

Former West Indies cricketer Collis King is caught up in a visa row.

Much respected, admired and loved, the 67-year-old, and his British-born wife, has regarded this country as home for the past 44 years until he became caught up in the Windrush scandal and the Government’s ‘hostile’ immigration policy.

The consequence is that Mr King, who was due to play for Dunnington this summer, is in limbo in his native Barbados while his anxious family here try to make sense of this sorry state of affairs. “Never once in 44 years have I overstayed my time,” lamented Mr King as he discussed his visa obligations. “I was not born a British citizen but I have been going to Britain long enough to feel part of the English set-up.” If this Government has a clue, and a heart, it will intervene before it is left stumped by another embarrassment of its own making.