Cricket in the 21st Century (Paperback, 1)

Introduction: Cricket at the beginning of the long twenty-first century? Part 1 - Emerging Networks in Global Cricket? 1. Cricket, Brexit and the Anglosphere? 2. Capitalism and the ethics of sport governance: a history of the board of control for cricket in India? 3. From idyllic past-time to spectacle of accelerated intensity: televisual technologies in contemporary cricket? 4. Flight of fantasy or reflections of passion? Knowledge, skill and fantasy cricket? 5. Maidens and Man-kads: gendering cricket scholarship in the 21st century? Part 2 - Shifting Topographies of National Cricket? 6. Cricket, terrorism and security in contemporary South Asia? 7. The development of cricket in China? 8. Beyond the boundary: the Sandpapergate scandal and the limits of transnational masculinity? 9. Cricket, society and religion: a study of increasing religiosity in the national cricket team of Pakistan? 10. No-ball! When transformation, indigenization and politicking overstepped into Zimbabwean cricket? 11. Quotas in South African cricket: what the players say? Part 3 - Negotiating Diversity in English Cricket? 12. Towards a safer past: thoughts on the invocation of English cricket’s soul? 13. “The ‘blazer boys’ were getting all the chances”: South Asian men’s experiences of cricket coaching in England? 14. Inclusionary and exclusionary banter: English club cricket, inclusive attitudes and male camaraderie? 15. Cricket has no boundaries with NatWest? The hyperreality of inclusion and diversity in English cricket