This book focuses on the development of cricket in Australia, with a focus on the commercial and professional aspects of the game. It takes a historical approac

A great depression, worsening Anglo-Australian relations, the declining British Empire and the challenge from an Australia striving to find a national identity

This set examines sport and leisure from a social science viewpoint. The volumes included, originally published between 1984 and 1991 take a cross-disciplinary

This fascinating book takes a different look at Australia's all-time sporting hero, Sir Donald Bradman.

In his important contribution to the growing field of sports literature, Anthony Bateman traces the relationship between literary representations of cricket and