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Cricket is an enduring paradox. On the one hand, it symbolises much that is outmoded - imperialism; a leisured elite; a rural, aristocratic Englishness. On the other, it endures as a global game, and does so by skilful adaptation, trading partly on its mythic past and partly on its capacity to repackage itself for a postmodern, digital world. In this ambitious and important new history, Stephen Wagg tells the story of cricket around the world since the Second World War, examining key cultural and political themes, from decolonisation and globalisation to corruption, commercialisation and...

Following on from the hugely successful Best After-Dinner Sports Tales, yet more rousing stories from the after-dinner speaking circuit, from some of the biggest names in sport as well as celebrities from the world of entertainment.

The book will take a look at the cricket world, with stories from Australia, West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand and the sub-continent, and go on to cover many other sports, with contributions from the world of rugby, football, golf, racing and athletics.

Alongside some the biggest names in sport, there will be other celebrities amusing the...

All England waited with passionate eagerness for the final match to be played at the Oval. For this was to be played to a finish and would decide the fate of the Ashes.

It is 1938 and England is brimming with excitement as the final Test Match against Imperia draws near. But no corner of the land has the fate of the Ashes closer to its heart than the village of Wattlecombe Ducis, Glebeshire.

It was here at the Manor House that Norman Blood, captain of England, spent his childhood playing cricket with the vicar's radiant daughter, Monica. And it was she...

Do you know...

- the difference between a chinaman and a doosra?

- where to find cow corner, the V, and the corridor of uncertainty?

- what Nelson, Merlyn and Michelle have to do with cricket?

- how to get a ball to reverse-swing, or how the Duckworth/Lewis method works?

- the origin of yorker, googly, and third man?

The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket is the definitive guide to the noble game. This fully updated third edition is not only an A-Z guide to all things cricket,...