{"product_id":"the-club-rod-lyall-9781801509503","title":"The Club: Class, Power and the Governance of World Cricket","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe fascinating story of cricket's world governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), and how it grew into a multi-billion-dollar business.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e From cricket journalist, historian and academic Rod Lyall. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This meticulously researched and authoritative history reveals how: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Privileged aristocrats and mining magnates turned cricket into a 'civilizing' force of empire, promoting the politics and prejudices of their class \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Cricket's world governing body evolved - from its early days in St John's Wood, London as the Imperial Cricket Conference into the International Cricket Council, a multi-billion-dollar sporting business, based in Dubai and increasingly dominated by a financially and politically ambitious Indian elite \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The ICC failed to deal effectively with such challenges as the Bodyline controversy, apartheid in South Africa and Kerry Packer's commercialization of the game \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Media rights deals and global events sponsorship have created new problems: match-fixing, administrative corruption and the threat from franchise leagues \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is the first full account of the ICC's origins and its roots in imperialist ideology, charting its rise from a talking-shop into a multi-billion-dollar global business driven by massive worldwide TV audiences.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rod Lyall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1801509506\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781801509503\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pitch Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Rod Lyall","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46721505886463,"sku":"9781801509503","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e322d278-2c8a-4109-905b-f2d9034cbc47.jpg?v=1742753067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-club-rod-lyall-9781801509503","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}