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Welcome to the final theme of the month where we take a look at cricket in the midst of the 2013-14 Ashes, offering free...

Russell Holden is a lecturer, writer, researcher and broadcaster having written and taught widely on the sociology of sport, with a particular interest in the role and value of cricket in contemporary life. He launched In the Zone Sport and Politics Consultancy, an organization based in Wales, working both in the UK and overseas, which is dedicated to exploring the many and varied interconnections between sport and politics, straddling issues of identity, nationalism, human rights, gender and reconciliation.

Introduction Reflections on World Cup 2011 Jon Gemmell Pages: 1-4 DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2012.762296Articles ‘Everyone seemed to be “with it”’: cricket politics and the coming of the one-day game, 1940–1970 Stephen Wagg Pages:...

Special Issue: The Ashes series: local, national, international and ethnic perspectivesIntroduction Keith Laybourn Pages: 1035-1037 DOI: 10.1080/17430437.2012.730689‘Ashes that leave no regrets’. Anglo-Australian cricket and English society, c 1880–1939 Dave...