A corner of every foreign field : cricket's journey from English game to global sport /: cricket's journey from English game to global sport. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Tim Brooks.
• Other Names: Brooks, Tim
• Contents: Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Origins -- 2. Cricketing celebrities and exporting to the empire -- 3. Development of cricket in the empire -- 4. High hopes in distant fields -- 5. Missed opportunities and the irresistible rise of football -- 6. Governance: that novel idea -- 7. The inter-war years -- 8. Bodyline and its aftermath -- 9. Heroes of resistance and heroes of peace -- 10. The fear of decline and the threat of innovation -- 11. Kerry Packer and the threat to the establishment -- 12. The rise of India -- 13. An expanding game 14. England loses its grip -- 15. A new millennium and a recruitment drive -- 16. T20 and the development dream -- 17. New markets, old problem -- 18. The Woolf Review and the Big Three -- 19. The game in 2020 -- 20. A brave new future -- Epilogue -- Photos
• Publisher Details: Durrington : Pitch Publishing
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (205 pages)
• Subjects: 796.358; Cricket -- History; Cricket -- Social aspects; Cricket -- Political aspects; Cricket -- Histoire; Cricket -- Aspect social; Cricket -- Aspect politique; Cricket; Cricket -- Political aspects; Cricket -- Social aspects; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1785317075; 9781785317071
• Related ISBNs: 9781785316395
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.