Cricket's Global Warming

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Is international cricket facing its own ' global warming' moment, a crisis that' s attacking its very core? That' s the question posed by Glenn Turner and co-author Lynn McConnell in this insightful insider' s account. In the rush to commercialise and expand the game, the authors suggest, it' s been turned into a ' product' , and burdened by a class of amateur administrators pulling it in a direction that' s increasingly at odds with the needs of the game -- including the first-class game on which the whole edifice rests. This book shows how these problems are playing out in New Zealand cricket, but those in other cricketing nations will see a lot in common with their own experience of the game. A probing mix of anecdotes, analysis and forthright criticism of the game and its administration from one of cricket' s most successful and widely experienced players. About the AuthorsGlenn Turner played 41 Tests, 41 ODIs, 455 first-class games and 195 one-day matches in a career spanning 19 years and captained NZ, Worcestershire, Otago and Northern Districts. He twice coached the NZ team, including their only Test series win in Australia in 1985-86, and was a national and Otago selector. Lynn McConnell is an Auckland-based editor and writer who has written 24 books on cricket, rugby, track and field and military history. He has a background in newspaper journalism and latterly online media as New Zealand editor of Cricinfo and Sportal. Lynn recently completed an MA in history and is the director of NZSportsDaily.