{"product_id":"crickets-global-warming-glenn-turner-9780473515546","title":"Cricket's Global Warming: The Crisis in Cricket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIs international cricket facing its own 'global warming' moment, a crisis that's attacking its very core?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThat's the question posed by Glenn Turner and co-author Lynn McConnell in this insightful insider's account.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Authors\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlenn Turner\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLynn McConnell\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Glenn Turner, Lynn McConnell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0473515547\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780473515546\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Turnermcc Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/20\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.58d","brand":"Glenn Turner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43983399158015,"sku":"9780473515546","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_84aaa284-3459-489f-94a8-11ef54512e12.jpg?v=1683266410","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crickets-global-warming-glenn-turner-9780473515546","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}