Cricket

It is often argued that migrant and diasporic communities have developed a particular fondness for the game of cricket precisely because it allowed them to engage in anti-colonial struggle(s) against England. In so doing their experiences of playing, supporting and watching the sport help to shed li..

It is often argued that migrant and diasporic communities have developed a particular fondness for the game of cricket precisely because it allowed them to engage in anti-colonial struggle(s) against England. In so doing their experiences of playing, supporting and watching the sport help to shed li..

Introducing themes of racial/political unification, commercialization, the media and globalization, this book explores the role of cricket and sport in each of the competing nations, with particular reference to the Cricket World Cup...

This book provides a ‘state of the art’ review of the academic study of cricket. It defines the current state of the field and will serve as the springboard for future research and scholarship of the game._x005F_x000D_ This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society...

This book examines the emergence and growth of cricket in relation to diverse patterns of European settlement in New Zealand - such as the systematic colonization schemes of Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the gold discoveries of the 1860s...