By Peter Oborne, Richard Heller (author)
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Full Circle: A History of Cricket
CHARTING THE RISE AND FALL OF FIRST-CLASS CRICKET: WHAT COMES NEXT?
In its early forms in the 18th century, cricket was a commercial entertainment, a vehicle for gambling alongside cock-fighting or wrestling. In the Victorian era, the sport was recreated as a means of keeping order in England's public schools and increasingly allied with ideas of virtue and manliness. Exported by empire loyalists, cricket took root across the globe - thriving in some countries, indelibly linked with racism and colonialism in others.
From Australia to the Caribbean to Afghanistan, Oborne and Heller explore cricket's expansion and its later role in decolonisation, education and politics. They argue that in recent years the game - dominated by the wealth and scale of franchise cricket - has come full circle, less a sport than a commercial enterprise once more. In consequence, they believe it is in crisis. As big money has taken over the game, is cricket losing its integrity and meaning?
Comprehensive in scope and drawing on contemporary scholarship, this masterful account is an essential read for cricket fans everywhere.
'A remarkable account of cricket's fascinating journey from its origins ... to the present day.' - Ehsan Mani, former President of the ICC
'A proper, meaty history, independent in perspective, global in its sweep and trenchant in its judgements.' - Gideon Haigh
'A truly global history of cricket, that draws on a wide range of sources and is itself elegantly written.' - Ramachandra Guha, author of The Commonwealth of Cricket
'[An] encyclopaedic journey through the history of the game.' - Fazeer Mohammed, cricket commentator and journalist.
Formerly the chief political commentator of the Daily Telegraph , Peter Oborne now writes a weekly political column in The Daily Mail and also has a regular column in Middle East Eye. A reporter for Channel 4's Dispatches and Unreported World, he has written a number of books and pamphlets which try to identify the power structures which lurk behind political discourse, including The Triumph of the Political Class . He is a regular on BBC programmes Any Questions and Question Time and often presents Week in Westminster.
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Full Circle: A History of Cricket CHARTING THE RISE AND FALL OF FIRST-CLASS CRICKET: WHAT COMES NEXT? In its early forms in the 18th century, cricket was a commercial entertainment, a vehicle for gambling alongside cock-fighting or wrestling.
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Full Circle was written by Peter Oborne, Richard Heller and published by Elliott & Thompson
Full Circle has 352 pages
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