Cricket

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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)

Cricket as a colonial weapon

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

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

BDW39T The Australian XI of 1882, the cricket team toured England and won the only test at the Oval, the start of the Ashes legend. Image shot 1882. Exact date unknown.

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)

4 historical cricketing curiosities

The Lord's pavilion

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)

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

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

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Shakespeare’s world and cricket in South Africa

English medical student Roger Bannister

A history of British sport