Of all games, cricket has long prided itself on its ethical
traditions, but to modern sceptics the idea of cricket
encapsulating a higher morality is actually something of a myth.
Playing the Game? looks at the changing ethics of cricket, from its
gentlemanly roots right up until the present day. After decades of
sledging, intimidatory bowling, blatant gamesmanship and dissent,
the MCC adopted `The Spirit of Cricket' in 2000 in an attempt to
reclaim the game's original ethos - but was it already too late?
While the concept is a noble one, its impact has so far been
limited, as award-winning cricket scribe Mark Peel explains. As
well as looking back to the infamous Bodyline series of 1932/33,
Peel also investigates the effects of Kerry Packer's World Series
Cricket; takes the ICC to task on their failure to quell rowdy
behaviour and gamesmanship; examines the double standards of
Western cricketing nations towards Pakistan; and delves into the
recent ball-tampering affair that has tainted Aussie cricket.
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