cricket was saved and its future made secure by the vast apparatus of commercial sponsorship that turning part of the game into big-time tip-and-run made possible. The penalties in accepting the new order- a deterioration in every part of the game.
Endpiece The Listener. Hattersley wrote these pieces for the now defunct BBC Magazine between 1979 and 1982 when it transferred to The Guardian. He was a Yorkshire cricket supporter.
The short form competitions he had in mind were the Gillete Cup(1963-1980, 60 overs a side) and the John Player League (1969-1980, 40 overs a side, 2-7pm on a Sunday afternoon)
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