Cricket cauldron
Subtitle: the turbulent politics of sport in Pakistan
By: Shaharyar M. Khan and Ali Khan ; foreword by Imran Khan
Contributors: Khan, Ali, 1969-
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781780760834
Subjects: Social conditions; Cricket
Description: This is an essential and riveting work for all cricket enthusiasts but with a vital additional dimension of social history and international relations; Shaharyar Khan shows how the former gentlemanly pastime of cricket has grown to be a global Leviathan fed by media frenzy and international money.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 285-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Cricket's role in the birth of Pakistan; title: 2. The call; title: 3. India's path-breaking tour of Pakistan; title: March-April 2004; title: 4. Woolmer enters the fray; title: 5. Urgent issues facing the Pakistan Cricket Board; title: 6. Climbing up the international ladder under Woolmer; title: 7. International and bilateral cricket diplomacy; title: 8. The controversial face of Pakistan cricket; title: 9. The reasons for Pakistan's controversial image; title: 10. 2006; title: The fateful year; title: 11. The Oval Test and its aftermath.