Recently retired Test batsman Ross Taylor said in an autobiography released on Thursday that he experienced racism during his 16-year-old career in New Zealand cricket. Taylor, who is of Samoan heritage, describes racist locker room “banter” and casually racist comments from some New Zealand team officials. “Cricket in New Zealand is a pretty white sport,” Taylor wrote in his book, entitled Black & White.

“For much of my career I’ve been an anomaly, a brown face in a vanilla line-up. That has its challenges, many of which aren’t readily apparent to your teammates or the cricketing public.”