The Rites of Cricket and Caribbean Literature
The Rites of Cricket and Caribbean Literature

Author: Claire Westall

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2021-07-01

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 3030659720

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This book analyses cricket’s place in Anglophone Caribbean literature. It examines works by canonical authors – Brathwaite, Lamming, Lovelace, Naipaul, Phillips and Selvon – and by understudied writers – including Agard, Fergus, John, Keens-Douglas, Khan and Markham. It tackles short stories, novels, poetry, drama and film from the Caribbean and its diaspora. Its literary readings are couched in the history of Caribbean cricket and studies by Hilary Beckles and Gordon Rohlehr. C.L.R James’ foundational Beyond a Boundary provides its theoretical grounding. Literary depictions of iconic West Indies players – including Constantine, Headley, Worrell, Walcott, Sobers, Richards, and Lara – feature throughout. The discussion focuses on masculinity, heroism, father-son dynamics, physical performativity and aesthetic style. Attention is also paid to mother-daughter relations and female engagement with cricket, with examples from Anim-Addo, Breeze, Wynter and others. Cricket holds a prominent place in the history, culture, politics and popular imaginary of the Caribbean. This book demonstrates that it also holds a significant and complicated place in Anglophone Caribbean literature.

The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 2
The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 2

Author: Hilary Beckles

Publisher: Pluto Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780745314624

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This volume covers the "third rising" of West Indies cricket. As the sport becomes ever more commercialized, large amounts of money have established sponsorship & support systems to give cricketers around the world every possible advantage. Beckles assesses what impact the globalization of cricket has had on the cricketers of the Caribbean. He also describes the emergence of what he argues is a debilitating sub-nationalism in the West Indies, & the effect this has had on the game, & the prospect for integrating West Indian nationhood in the twenty-first century.

Playfair Cricket Annual 2022: Celebrating 75 Years
Playfair Cricket Annual 2022: Celebrating 75 Years

Author: Ian Marshall

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2022-04-07

Total Pages: 508

ISBN-13: 1472290879

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The world's bestselling cricket annual. The indispensable pocket guide to the cricket season. The 75th edition of the Playfair Cricket Annual is packed with all the information you need to follow the cricket season in 2022, as well as a review of events during the previous Covid-impacted twelve months. India are the main attraction this coming season, and here you'll find comprehensive Test match and limited-overs records and career records to help you follow the action. County cricket is covered in unrivalled depth, with biographies of all players registered to the counties at the start of the season, full coverage of last summer's events and a fixture list for all major domestic matches in 2022. There are also sections on women's cricket and the major domestic T20 competitions from around the world, which in 2021 will include The Hundred. For any cricket fan, the season is never complete without a copy of Playfair to guide you through it all.

80 YEARS OF BERBICE CRICKET-1939 to 2019: Simply the Best
80 YEARS OF BERBICE CRICKET-1939 to 2019: Simply the Best

Author: Mortimer George

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-06-16

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 0359730221

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In observance of the 80th Anniversary - 1939 to 2019- of the founding of the Berbice Cricket Board, in Guyana, and especially to supply the tools for the teaching and educating of the youths attending the Annual Academy and others, Mortimer George has artfully assembled numerous historical facts and figures of cricket activities in Berbice and Guyana. Among other things, he has prepared a collection of fifty eight Berbicians--including Test and First Class cricketers, administrators and others--whom he has listed as Simply The Best.

The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 1
The Development of West Indies Cricket, Vol. 1

Author: Hilary Beckles

Publisher: Pluto Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9780745314723

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This volume covers the "third rising" of West Indies cricket. As the sport becomes ever more commercialized, large amounts of money have established sponsorship & support systems to give cricketers around the world every possible advantage. Beckles assesses what impact the globalization of cricket has had on the cricketers of the Caribbean. He also describes the emergence of what he argues is a debilitating sub-nationalism in the West Indies, & the effect this has had on the game, & the prospect for integrating West Indian nationhood in the twenty-first century.

Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados
Cricket Nurseries of Colonial Barbados

Author: Keith A. P. Sandiford

Publisher: Kingston, Jamaica : Press University of the West Indies

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13: 9789766400460

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This work offers an intriguing and important analysis of the role played by three prestigious grammar schools - Combermere School, Harrison College and the Loge School- in establishing the cricket cult in Barbados and ultimately throughout the Caribbean. It goes far towards explaining why Barbadians have traditionally played such excellent cricket. This book is the first to make such extensive use of Barbadian school magazines as primary sources for the study of social history. The author stresses the statistical first class records of about 200 alumni of the three schools and in so doing furnishes sport sociologists with a considerable new body of empirical data for future use. Although it focuses on a Barbadian situation, the book should interest cricket enthusiasts everywhere with its many photographs and its lucid and candid treatment of some of the most important personalities in regional and world cricket, a few of whom are still actively involved in the sport today.

Sports around the World [4 volumes]
Sports around the World [4 volumes]

Author: John Nauright

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2012-04-06

Total Pages: 2668

ISBN-13:

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This multivolume set is much more than a collection of essays on sports and sporting cultures from around the world: it also details how and why sports are played wherever they exist, and examines key charismatic athletes from around the world who have transcended their sports. Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice provides a unique, global overview of sports and sports cultures. Unlike most works of this type, this book provides both essays that examine general topics, such as globalization and sport, international relations and sport, and tourism and sport, as well as essays on sports history, culture, and practice in world regions—for example, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Middle East and North Africa, Europe, and Oceania—in order to provide a more global perspective. These essays are followed by entries on specific sports, world athletes, stadiums and arenas, famous games and matches, and major controversies. Spanning topics as varied as modern professional cycling to the fictional movie Rocky to the deadly ball game of the ancient Mayans, the first three volumes contain overview essays and entries for specific sports that have been and are currently practiced around the world. The fourth volume provides a compendium of information on the winners of major sporting competitions from around the world. Readers will gain invaluable insights into how sports have been enjoyed throughout all of human culture, and more fully comprehend their cultural contexts. The entries provide suggestions for further reading on each topic—helpful to general readers, students with school projects, university students and academics alike. Additionally, the four-volume Sports Around the World spotlights key charismatic athletes who have changed a sport or become more than just an outstanding player.

Cricket and the Law
Cricket and the Law

Author: David Fraser

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9780714653471

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In a readable, informed and absorbing discussion of cricket's defining controversies - bodyline, chucking, ball-tampering, sledging, walking and the use of technology, among many others - Fraser explores the ambiguities of law and social order in cricket.

Twice upon a Time
Twice upon a Time

Author: Nishad Pai Vaidya, Sachin Bajaj

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2021-04-17

Total Pages: 186

ISBN-13: 1638735212

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The year 1971 is considered an epochal moment in Indian history. A young nation was finding its feet on the world stage and building confidence to face challenges. On the political front, India took a giant leap with its firm stance in its conflict with Pakistan, which eventually led to the creation of Bangladesh. The same rapid strides were replicated on the cricket field when the Indian team achieved the unthinkable. Ajit Wadekar and his men clinched series victories in West Indies and England, thereby showing the world that India was ready for the big stage. A young Sunil Gavaskar exuded the confidence of the youth, willing to break the shackles. The veteran Dilip Sardesai symbolised India’s inherent grit, while the likes of BS Chandrasekhar, Erapalli Prasanna and Bishan Singh Bedi represented brilliance in craft. Eknath Solkar, S Abid Ali and S Venkataraghavan represented stability. All these qualities combined to help India achieve its finest hour in its cricket history until then. Indian cricket has achieved a lot since, but it all started with 1971. As we mark 50 years of those great triumphs, this book brings to you a collection of 71 anecdotes from Indian cricket’s special year - 1971.

75 Years of West Indies Cricket
75 Years of West Indies Cricket

Author: Ray Goble

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9781870518789

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With more than 70 photographs, this comprehensive history of the first 75 years of West Indies cricket features the full first class record of all West Indian Test players. The authors show the organic growth of West Indies cricket, in the context of its evolving society as well as the contribution of individual players. Combining statistics with sociological narrative, this is an invaluable resource for further understanding the region's cricketing achievements.