Batting For Time: The Fight to Keep English Cricket Alive

talkSPORT Extra Time book of the week What must English cricket do to survive? Faced with a rapidly changing cultural and economic landscape, county cricket finds itself at the most uncertain period of a history spanning more than 150 years. Through interviews with more than 100 of English cricket’s most important figures, Batting for Time takes an inside look at: The precarious state of the sport, asking what it is we expect from our domestic game, who it primarily exists for and where things might go in the future The threats that global franchise leagues pose to cricket’s foundations amid growing concern that the best English players will soon turn their back on the domestic game The desperate need for cash that many believe could rip the heart out of county clubs The civil wars that have developed between the sport’s traditionalists and modernisers, romantics and pragmatists Using the 2023 season as a backdrop, Batting for Time explores a sport in existential crisis. It is a must-read for cricket fans. – ASIN: 180150900X | ISBN13: 9781801509008 | ISBN-13: 978-1801509008