{"product_id":"9781801509503-club-class-power-and-the-governance-of-world-cricket","title":"The Club","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmpire, Power and the Governance of World Cricket\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Club\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the fascinating history of cricket’s world governing body as it evolved from the Imperial Cricket Council, established in 1909 to bring together the cricket-playing countries of the Empire, into the International Cricket Council, a multi-billion-dollar business dominated by the Indian Board of Control and its allies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating story of cricket’s world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and how it grew into a multi-billion-dollar business.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom cricket journalist, historian and academic Rod Lyall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis meticulously researched and authoritative history reveals how:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrivileged aristocrats and mining magnates turned cricket into a ‘civilising’ force of empire, promoting the politics and prejudices of their class\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCricket’s world governing body evolved – from its early days in St John’s Wood, London as the Imperial Cricket Conference into the International Cricket Council, a multi-billion-dollar sporting business, based in Dubai and increasingly dominated by a financially and politically ambitious Indian elite\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ICC failed to deal effectively with such challenges as the Bodyline controversy, apartheid in South Africa and Kerry Packer’s commercialisation of the game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMedia rights deals and global events sponsorship have created new problems: match-fixing, administrative corruption and the threat from franchise leagues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first full account of the ICC’s origins and its roots in imperialist ideology, charting its rise from a talking-shop into a multi-billion-dollar global business driven by massive worldwide TV audiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41822960549985,"sku":"9781801509503","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31782060.jpg?v=1734596686","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781801509503-club-class-power-and-the-governance-of-world-cricket","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}