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Seminar Mon 28^th February 5.30pm. Duncan Stone, Different Class the untold story of English cricket

Link to a recording of the seminar:

English cricket has been much in the news recently. There have of course been the poor performances by both the women’s and men’s teams in Ashes series in Australia but the real headlines have focused on racism in the game and how inclusive or otherwise it is, with many leading men’s players having gone to public schools (although sometimes this is because they are the only places that offer cricket facilities for young players)

Duncan Stone’s book is a history of English cricket that looks at the origins of the crisis not at the top but at the grassroots. What he finds suggests significant legacy issues which have led directly to current problems