Pommies - English Cricket Through An Australian Lens
William Buckland
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Using Australia as the model and inspiration, Pommies explains what is wrong with England cricket and presents a radical plan to improve the national team and open up the game for fans. Once you have read this book, you will never see England cricket the same way again.
Synopsis
Since 1987, Australia has beaten England 34 games to nine in Test cricket and won four World Cups to England’s none. Today, Australia has five cricket stadiums with more than 30,000 seats to England’s none and the national team is accessible to all on free-to-air television. England fans, by contrast, have to pay £400 a year to watch their team on Sky.
Pommies is an investigation into the management of England professional cricket addressed to all who follow the game in the UK. Packed with startling insights and memorable concepts, it explains how England has declined as a cricketing power since the early 1970s and why access to the England team today is heavily restricted by high prices at small grounds and for satellite television.
Pommies is based on extensive research and interviews with leading sports executives and is the first book to explain what is wrong with England cricket and the first to provide the solution.
Reviews
Simon Barnes (The Times): "Should be compulsory reading for everyone in cricket."
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2008: "Buckland makes some startling points which go a long way towards accounting for England's decline since the Ashes victory of 2005."
Paul Burnham, Barmy Army Co-Founder: "This well-written book explains why getting to see England in action is so much harder than it could be. Strongly recommended."
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Hardback
335 pages pages
Author
William Buckland
Publisher
Matador
Publication date
14th April 2008
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ISBN
9781906510329
