Richard Heller

Oborne and Heller trace the origins of cricket as a commercial entertainment through its evolution to a form of moral improvement and tool of empire, and argue that cricket today – dominated by the Indian Premier League’s wealth and scale – has come full circle. From Australia to the Caribbean to Afghanistan, they explore the way cricket developed across the...

Oborne and Heller trace the origins of cricket as a commercial entertainment through its evolution to a form of moral improvement and tool of empire, and argue that cricket today – dominated by the Indian Premier League’s wealth and scale – has come full circle. From Australia to the Caribbean to Afghanistan, they explore the way cricket developed across the...