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General Modern

Elitism in cricket: a history

Dr Souvik Naha reveals how the Victorians used cricket to export “British virtues” across the empire. (Image by Getty Images)
Victorian

Cricket as a colonial weapon

A photograph of the England team that faced Australia at the Oval in the 1896 Ashes series
Period

Batting for the British Empire: how Victorian cricket was more than just a game

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Victorian

In pictures: The Ashes through history

WM Woodfull of Australia ducks to avoid a rising ball from Harold Larwood of England during the Fourth Test match at Brisbane on the infamous 'Bodyline' Tour of Australia.   (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)
Victorian

4 historical cricketing curiosities

The Lord's pavilion
Victorian

Lord’s cricket ground: the mecca of the sport

Indian princes and British Army officers in the Hyderabad contingent polo team, c1880. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Victorian

Cricket, curry and cups of tea: India’s influence on Victorian Britain

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Georgian

From bats and brawls to new links between colonies: the origins of Australian cricket

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Elizabethan

Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa

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20th Century

A history of British sport

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