Ebook: Cricket at the Crossroads: Class, Colour and Controversy from 1967 to 1977

In a decade spanning the 1960s and 1970s three major crises gripped the world of cricket. The Close Affair in 1967, when Brian Close was relieved of the England captaincy in controversial circumstances, laid bare the ugly class prejudice which had lingered on from the days of Gentlemen and Players. The d'Oliveria Affair saw the selection of an England touring party become a major international incident which divided the nation. And the birth of World Series cricket forced players and establishment alike to confront the very nature of the game, and how it should be played. Torn between the polit.;Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Illustrations; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1 : GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS; CHAPTER 2 : THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL LANDSCAPE; CHAPTER 3 : THE CLOSE AFFAIR; CHAPTER 4 : ENGLAND'S 1967-68 TOUR OF THE WEST INDIES; CHAPTER 5 : THE 1968 ASHES (PART I); CHAPTER 6 : THE 1968 ASHES (PART II); CHAPTER 7 : SOUTH AFRICA'S INTERVENTION (PART I); CHAPTER 8 : SOUTH AFRICA'S INTERVENTION (PART II); CHAPTER 9 : ENGLAND'S ALTERNATIVE 1968-69 TOUR AND A SUMMER AT HOME; CHAPTER 10 : AN END TO THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOUR AND ENGLAND V THE REST OF THE WORLD.