Query: Cricket films not set in India
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Badger's Green (1949 film)
The Final Test
Out of the Ashes (2010 film)
Fire in Babylon
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets
That's Cricket
Wondrous Oblivion
Backyard Ashes
Playing Away
Hit for Six (film)
How McDougall Topped the Score
Death of a Gentleman
Trobriand Cricket (film)
Hansie
Evidence from documents: Badger's Green (1949 film): It was shot at Highbury Studios and released as a second feature by the Rank Organisation, on the same bill as ''Eureka Stockade''. The film's sets were designed by Don Russell.
A company plans a massive development in the quiet village of Badger's Green, angering the existing inhabitants. It is eventually agreed that the outcome of the dispute will be settled by a local cricket match.
The Final Test: '''''The Final Test''''' is a 1953 British sports film written by Terence Rattigan, directed by Anthony Asquith, and starring Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph and Ray Jackson. A number of leading cricketers also appear including Denis Compton, Len Hutton and Cyril Washbrook. The film was produced by R.J. Minney for Act Films Ltd.
The film is a light drama, set around elderly leading cricketer Sam Palmer's last appearance for England. Action jumps between various elements: an Englishman (Richard Wattis) explaining to an American the rules and terminologies of the game from the audience; Jim's home life; the pub listening to cricket on the radio; Sam's interactions with players and family; and Reggie's attempts to meet his theatrical hero Alexander Whitehead (Robert Morley). This is interspersed with documentary footage of real cricket games.
Out of the Ashes (2010 film): It documents the story of the Afghanistan national cricket team's qualification for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20 tournament.
Fire in Babylon: The documentary describes the ascension of West Indies cricket
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi: '''''Main Hoon Shahid Afridi''''' (), is a 2013 Pakistani sports film directed by Syed Ali Raza Usama and produced by Humayun Saeed & Shahzad Nasib. The film features Humayun Saeed, Javed Shaikh and Noman Habib in the lead roles. Nadeem Baig, Shafqat Cheema, Ismail Tara, Ainy Jaffri, Hamza Ali Abbasi and Shehzad Sheikh also play important roles in the film, whilst Shahid Afridi.
Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets: '''''Prince Ranjitsinhji Practising Batting in the Nets''''' was a film of the cricketer Ranjitsinhji.
That's Cricket: '''''That's Cricket''''' is a 1931 Australian featurette from director Ken G. Hall about the game of cricket and its importance to the British Empire.
Wondrous Oblivion: '''''Wondrous Oblivion''''' is a 2003 British film directed and written by Paul Morrison and produced by Jonny Persey.
Backyard Ashes: '''''Backyard Ashes''''' is a 2013 Australian comedy film about backyard cricket.
Playing Away: In the story, an English cricket team, fictitiously named "Sneddington" (based in Lavenham, Suffolk), invites a team of West Indian heritage based in Brixton (South London) to play a charity game in support of their "Third World Week."
Hit for Six (film): '''''Hit for Six''''' is a 2007 Barbadian sports drama film starring Andrew Pilgrim and Rudolph Walker. A West Indian cricket player, once accused of match fixing, fights to play in an international tournament and earn the respect of his estranged father, a former player.
How McDougall Topped the Score: Cricket films: It is based on a famous poem by Thomas Edward Spencer about a cricket match won when a dog steals a ball, enabling the batting team to score plenty of runs.
not set in India: A cricket match takes place in the country between the towns of Piper's Flat and Molonglo.
Death of a Gentleman: '''''Death of a Gentleman''''' is a 2015 documentary film about the takeover of the governance of cricket by ICC's 'Big Three'.
Trobriand Cricket (film): '''''Trobriand Cricket: An Ingenious Response to Colonialism''''' (50 min., filmed in 1973–74) is an anthropological documentary about the people of the Trobriand Islands and their unique innovations to the game of cricket.
Hansie: '''''Hansie''''' is a feature film, produced in South Africa by Global Creative Studios and directed by Regardt van den Bergh. It is based on the true story of cricketer Hansie Cronje.