the capital bridgetown. roland butcher was born in barbados and moved to england when he was 13. he became the country s first ever black test cricketer. fellow wrote a poem to me, really outlining what a shame it was to have picked a black man to england and so forth and so forth. and the other one was from the west indian fellow, who saw this selection as going back to the days of slavery. exploitation all over again. he has invited me for a knockabout on the beach. roland s debut was against the west indies, right here in bridgetown in 1981. he played most of his career to middlesex, and even met the duke of edinburgh on more than one occasion. what do you think about the republic? what the benefits of being a republic, i don t know. but what i would say is that i think england as a country, the question is, how they really done enough to stay