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Are you less integrated if you don’t support England at cricket?

If you are British Asian, should you support England over India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka at cricket?

If you support India, Pakistan, Bangladesh or Sri Lanka at cricket are you less integrated? Nihal discusses Lord Tebbit’s 1990 “cricket test” which said that if you are a British citizen you should want to support England. Later, the Birmingham based singer/rapper Apache Indian discusses this weekend’s London Mela. Plus Nihal looks ahead to Imran Khan’s swearing-in on Saturday. After that, he’ll be talking to some Asian engineers who want more people to follow them into the profession.

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