Cricketing Cultures in Conflict. This is the title of a an anthology published by Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) in 2004, the year following the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 in South Africa. The editors, Boria Majumdar and JA Mangan, invited me to contribute an article. Click on the photo of the book’s cover page to read a PDF version of my piece.
There is no escaping IPL. Believe me you, I have looked around for another subject to write about and failed. Even if I have largely ignored the cricket in IPL in anticipation of the ICC World Twenty20 that begins in the West Indies this week, there has been no escaping the drama featuring its Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi.
Or, for that matter, his bag of tricks. Read more »
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