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Author : Jack Fingleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Cricket Crisis written by Jack Fingleton and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jack Fingleton
Publisher : Pavilion Books, Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780907516682
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (166 download)
Download or read book Cricket Crisis written by Jack Fingleton and published by Pavilion Books, Limited. This book was released on 1985 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bill Ricquier
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 192257984X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (225 download)
Download or read book The Immortals of English Cricket written by Bill Ricquier and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-06-23 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Immortals of English Cricket, Bill Ricquier tells the cricketing life stories of eleven of England's greatest (male) cricketers. Ricquier selects his Immortal English team from players who didn't just dominate, they changed the game with their sheer will. Those portrayed include: Jack Hobbs, the highest run-scorer in the history of first-class cricket; Ian Botham, who was the most famous sportsman in the country in the 1980s; and James Anderson, England's leading Test wicket taker. Selected also is Wilfred Rhodes, the legendary slow left arm bowler who made almost 40,000 first-class runs and took over 4,000 first-class wickets, and the extraordinary Fred Trueman, described as the "finest bloody fast bowler that ever drew breath." The Immortals of English Cricket will inspire discussion, debate and controversy but indisputably represents a team of remarkable skill and character, one to proudly represent the Crown and Three Lions on any Elysian field.
Author : Gideon Haigh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 147295064X
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book The Cricket War written by Gideon Haigh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-11-02 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of The Times' 50 Greatest Sports Books In May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a thirty-nine-year-old Sydney Businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised 'World Series'. The Cricket War is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. In helmets, under lights, with white balls, and in coloured clothes, the outlaw armies of Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Clive Lloyd fought a daily battle of survival. In boardrooms and courtrooms Packer and cricket's rulers fought a bitter war of nerves. A compelling account of the top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the man who became Australia's richest, and remained so, until the day he died. It was the end of cricket as we knew it – and the beginning of cricket as we know it. Gideon Haigh has published over thirty books, over twenty of them about cricket. This edition of The Cricket War, Gideon Haigh's first book about cricket originally published in 1993, has been updated with new photographs and a new introduction by the author.
Author : Dominic Malcolm
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1849665591
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (496 download)
Download or read book Globalizing Cricket written by Dominic Malcolm and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is available as open access through the Bloomsbury Open Access programme and is available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of the sport - how it developed and spread around the world. The book explores the origins of cricket in the eighteenth century, its establishment as England's national game in the nineteenth, the successful (Caribbean) and unsuccessful (American) diffusion of cricket as part of the development of the British Empire and its role in structuring contemporary identities amongst and between the English, the British and postcolonial communities. Whilst empirically focused on the sport itself, the book addresses broader issues such as social development, imperialism, race, diaspora and national identities. Tracing the beginnings of cricket as a 'folk game' through to the present, it draws together these different strands to examine the meaning and social significance of the modern game. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the role of sport in both colonial and post-colonial periods; the history and peculiarities of English national identity; or simply intrigued by the game and its history.
Author : Jack Fingleton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780907516484
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (164 download)
Download or read book Cricket Crisis written by Jack Fingleton and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hilary Beckles
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719043154
Total Pages : 436 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (431 download)
Download or read book Liberation Cricket written by Hilary Beckles and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of the global community of cricketers, the West Indians are, arguably, the most well-known and feared. This book shows how this tradition of cricketing excellence and leadership emerged, and how it contributed to the rise of West Indian nationalism and independence.
Author : Peter May
Publisher : Sportsbooks
ISBN 13 : 9781899807802
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (78 download)
Download or read book The Rebel Tours written by Peter May and published by Sportsbooks. This book was released on 2009 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1968, cricket was at the forefront of global opposition to apartheid as the Basil D’Oliveira affair proved a watershed in the sporting boycott against South Africa. Upon the fall of that government 22 years later, cricket was again highly praised; the newly-released Nelson Mandela was among many to attribute huge significance to the boycott in bringing an end to the apartheid regime.Yet in between the boycott was repeatedly breached. Teams from England, the West Indies, Australia (all twice), and Sri Lanka (once) toured South Africa in defiance of the sanctions, playing unofficial ‘Tests’ and ‘one-day internationals’ against ‘home’ teams to meet the voracious demand of a sports-hungry white populace.These ‘rebel tours’ constituted perhaps the largest crisis in cricket history. The ICC imposed three-year international bans on every rebel tourist, depriving the game of many distinguished performers. But the tours delighted their South African hostsDespite the fevered controversy and heavy penalties, many players considered the rewards – usually a year’s salary, tax-free – adequate compensation, and tours continued right up until the fall of apartheid: Mike Gatting was leading the second England tour at the time Mandela was released. And they were not alone as the UK remained among apartheid South Africa’s most active economic trading partners.This episode in cricket history is rich in historical and contemporary significance, as well as exercising sport’s political dimensions – both positive and negative – in a way not seen before or since. Yet until now it has scarcely been examined, due not only to the respectability of the tourists but also deep unease within the cricket world. Few players feel they have adequately explained their actions, while the sport at large was – as it remains – slow to examine its moral and political responsibilities.
Author : Anthony Bateman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521761298
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (217 download)
Download or read book The Cambridge Companion to Cricket written by Anthony Bateman and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perfect for fans and scholars alike, this Companion explores cricket's origins, global reach, iconic personalities and enduring popularity.
Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1509841407
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (98 download)
Download or read book The Picador Book of Cricket written by Ramachandra Guha and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2016-06-30 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tribute to the finest writers on the game of cricket and an acknowledgement that the great days of cricket literature are behind us. There was a time when major English writers – P. G. Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle, Alec Waugh – took time off to write about cricket, whereas the cricket book market today is dominated by ghosted autobiographies and statistical compendiums. The Picador Book of Cricket celebrates the best writing on the game and includes many pieces that have been out of print, or difficult to get hold of, for years. Including Neville Cardus, C. L. R. James, John Arlott, V. S. Naipaul, and C. B. Fry, this anthology is a must for any cricket follower or anyone interested in sports writing elevated to high art.
Author : David Fraser
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714682853
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Cricket and the Law written by David Fraser and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others - Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket.
Author : Stephen Wagg
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443824828
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Cricket and Globalization written by Stephen Wagg and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cricket has changed dramatically in recent years and now can claim to be a truly global game, thanks in large part to new media technologies which bring a global audience for World Cups and other major competitions. However, the globalization of cricket has not followed a pattern familiar in other sports: concentrations of wealth, media, and marketing leading to the domination of Western countries over the rest, and this fact alone makes it interesting for scholars of the globalization of sport. Cricket has followed a very different global path; the non-Western countries (former British colonies) have begun to dominate and have taken control of the economics and politics of the game. In short, cricket has been “Indianized”. The globalization of cricket has received a massive boost from the popularity of the newest form of the game (Twenty20) which is helping promote cricket as a mass TV sport. The rise of Twenty20, particularly the Indian Premier League (IPL), is transforming the way cricket is organized, played, and watched all over the world. This development both reinforces the globalization of cricket and also underlines that the “movers and shakers” within cricket are no longer the traditional elites in metropolitan centres but the businessmen of India and the media entrepreneurs world-wide who seek to shape new audiences for the game and create new marketing opportunities on a global scale.
Author : Glenn Turner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780473515546
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Cricket's Global Warming: The Crisis in Cricket written by Glenn Turner and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-20 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is international cricket facing its own 'global warming' moment, a crisis attacking its very core? That's the question posed by the authors of this insightful insider's account. In the rush to commercialise the game, they claim, a class of amateur administrators is pulling it in a direction increasingly at odds with the needs of the game.
Author : Anthony Bateman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317158040
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Cricket, Literature and Culture written by Anthony Bateman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-05-13 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and Anglo-British national identity from 1850 to the mid 1980s. Examining newspaper accounts, instructional books, fiction, poetry, and the work of editors, anthologists, and historians, Bateman elaborates the ways in which a long tradition of literary discourse produced cricket's cultural status and meaning. His critique of writing about cricket leads to the rediscovery of little-known texts and the reinterpretation of well-known works by authors as diverse as Neville Cardus, James Joyce, the Great War poets, and C.L.R. James. Beginning with mid-eighteenth century accounts of cricket that provide essential background, Bateman examines the literary evolution of cricket writing against the backdrop of key historical moments such as the Great War, the 1926 General Strike, and the rise of Communism. Several case studies show that cricket simultaneously asserted English ideals and created anxiety about imperialism, while cricket's distinctively colonial aesthetic is highlighted through Bateman's examination of the discourse surrounding colonial cricket tours and cricketers like Prince Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji of India and Sir Learie Constantine of Trinidad. Featuring an extensive bibliography, Bateman's book shows that, while the discourse surrounding cricket was key to its status as a symbol of nation and empire, the embodied practice of the sport served to destabilise its established cultural meaning in the colonial and postcolonial contexts.
Author : Gideon Haigh
Publisher : Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0522854753
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (228 download)
Download or read book The Cricket War written by Gideon Haigh and published by Melbourne Univ. Publishing. This book was released on 2007 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In May 1977, the cricket world woke to discover that a 39-year-old businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised World Series Cricket. The Cricket War, now published with a new introduction and afterword, is the definitive account of the split that changed the game on the field and on the screen. In helmets, under lights, with white balls and in coloured clothes, the outlaw armies of Ian Chappell, Tony Greig and Clive Lloyd fought a daily battle of survival. In boardrooms and courtrooms, Packer and cricket's rulers fought a bitter war of nerves. A compelling account of top-class sporting life, The Cricket War also gives a unique insight into the motives and methods of the tycoon who became Australia's richest man.
Author : Prashant Kidambi
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198843135
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Cricket Country written by Prashant Kidambi and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2019 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The extraordinary story of the first 'All India' national cricket tour of Great Britain and Ireland - and how the idea of India as a nation took shape on the cricket pitch.
Author : Stephen Wagg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134227183
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (342 download)
Download or read book Cricket and National Identity in the Postcolonial Age written by Stephen Wagg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-10-09 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together leading international writers on cricket and society, this important new book places cricket in the postcolonial life of the major Test-playing countries. Exploring the culture, politics, governance and economics of cricket in the twenty-first century, this book dispels the age-old idea of a gentle game played on England's village greens. This is an original political and historical study of the game's development in a range of countries and covers: * cricket in the new Commonwealth: Sri Lanka, Pakistan, the Caribbean and India * the cricket cultures of Australia, New Zealand and post-apartheid South Africa * cricket in England since the 1950s. This new book is ideal for students of sport, politics, history and postcolonialism as it provides stimulating and comprehensive discussions of the major issues including race, migration, gobalization, neoliberal economics, the media, religion and sectarianism.
