The Changing Face of Cricket

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. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.

Dominic Malcolm is Senior Lecturer in the Sociology of Sport in the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences at Loughborough University and Convenor of the British Sociological Association's Sport Study Group. He has published numerous papers on historical and sociological aspects of cricket and has recently expanded his research interests to include the critical sociological analysis of sports medicine. He has published a number of co-edited texts - The Future of Football, Sport: Critical Concepts in Sociology, Sport Histories, and Matters of Sport. He is author of the Sage Dictionary of Sports Studies published in 2008. Jon Gemmell teaches History and Sociology at Kennet School, Thatcham. He is the author of The Politics of South African Cricket, and has written a number of articles exploring the links between race/ethnicity, politics and cricket in South Africa, Australia and Ireland. He is the co-editor of Cricket, Race and the 2007 World Cup and is currently working on a history of the ethos of cricket. Nalin Mehta is Founding Joint Editor of South Asian History and Culture and Trustee of the South Asia Research Foundation. A Fellow of the International Olympic Museum, Lausanne (2007), he is the author of India on Television and Olympics: The India Story. He works for the Global Fund, Geneva, and is currently co-writing a history of the Commonwealth Games and Delhi 2010.

1. Cricket and Modernity: International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Study of the Imperial Game Dominic Malcolm, Jon Gemmell and Nalin Mehta 2. Naturally Played by Irishmen: a Social History of Irish Cricket Jon Gemmell 3. South African Cricket and British Imperialism, 1870 - 1910 Dean Allen 4. Irish Australians, Postcolonialism and the English Game Alan Bairner 5. 'From Far it Look Like Politics': C.L.R. James and the Canon of English Cricket Literature Anthony Bateman 6. 'Fiery Fred': Fred Trueman and Cricket Celebrity in the 1950s and Early 1960s Jack Williams 7. Rebellion, Race and Rhodesia: International Cricketing Relations with Rhodesia During UDI Charles Little 8. A National(ist) Line in Postcolonizing Cricket: Viv Richards, Biographies and Cricketing Nationalism Malcolm MacLean 9. Brian Lara in Poetic Form: Tradition, Talent and the Caribbean 'mwe' Claire Westall 10. Wunderkidz in a Blunderland: Tensions and Tales From Sri Lankan Cricket Michael Roberts 11. Batting for the Flag: Cricket, Television and Globalization in India Nalin Mehta 12. Different Hats, Different Thinking? Technocracy, Globalization and the Indian Cricket Team Stephen Wagg and Sharda Ugra 13. Malign or Benign? English National Identities and Cricket Dominic Malcolm 14. 'Look, it's a Girl': Cricket and Gender Relations in the UK Philippa Velija and Dominic Malcolm 15. International Cricket - the Hegemony of Commerce, the Decline of Government Interest and the End of Morality? Russell Holden 16. A Legacy Deeply Mired in Contradiction: World Cup 2007 in Retrospect Boria Majumdar 17. Burning Down the House Rob Steen 18. A Strong Sport Growing Stronger: a Perspective on the Growth, Development and Future of International Cricket Ehsan Mani 19. 'Bombay Sport Exchange': Cricket, Globalization and the Future Nalin Mehta, Jon Gemmell and Dominic Malcolm