{"product_id":"batting-for-time-ben-bloom-9781801509008","title":"Batting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBatting for Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive\u003c\/i\u003e is the exploration of a sport in existential crisis. In a rapidly changing sporting and social landscape, county cricket - an institution whose history spans more than 150 years - finds itself confronted with the most uncertain period in its long history. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe proliferation of lucrative global franchise leagues has threatened to leave behind a member-owned English structure deep-rooted in the Victorian era. Pitting traditionalists against modernisers, and romantics against pragmatists, the need for change has sparked a host of civil wars, creating deep divisions among those who care for the English game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing the 2023 season as a backdrop, \u003ci\u003eBatting for Time\u003c\/i\u003e explores the precarious state of English cricket, asking what it is we expect from our domestic game, who it primarily exists for and where things might go in the future. What must English cricket do to survive?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ben Bloom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 180150900X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801509008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Ben Bloom","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48519414219007,"sku":"9781801509008","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_614ad73a-fb74-4883-84d2-1e656487d3e9.jpg?v=1778737447","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/batting-for-time-ben-bloom-9781801509008","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}