No English-born Asian cricket player has yet represented his country, and no Asian player from league cricket in Bradford has played for Yorkshire. But compare the sporting activities of white youngsters with Children in the minority Asian communities, and it could be that the future of English cricket Is In the hands of the Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.
On the Line begins a new eight-part series with a film from Bradford, home to the country's largest Pakistani community and its biggest Muslim cricket league, the Quaid-E-Azam League. Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan is a role model to Bradford's Pakistanis, and cricket mirrors both their anger and their aspirations.