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hieronymous 's review for:
Crossing the Line: How Australian Cricket Lost Its Way
by Gideon Haigh
As a long time cricket lover and ardent supporter of the baggy green, this was a sad - but not surprising - read. Haigh makes clear that the failings in South Africa were no more than an outward expression of a culture that had soured long before. Three players were punished, and rightly, but complicit is a cricket administration that encouraged aggressive behaviour.
This really is an indictment of the ACB. In fact much of what ails Australian cricket today can be sheeted home to decisions made years ago - the preference given to young players, the watering down of domestic competitions, the opportunistic exploitation of commercial possibilities, a rampant bureaucracy, and general arrogance and dysfunction.
I think most of us who follow Australian cricket closely have seen signs of this over the years. To see it in print, and from the mouths close to or within the game, is plain disheartening nonetheless.
You hope change is on the way, and the errors identified here rectified. Who has that much faith in even a revamped ACB? In any case, it will take years to get it right off the field - on the field I expect we’ll bounce back, as always we do (if only briefly).
Haigh is probably the best cricket writer going around. He has such a clear, intelligent and distinctive style that he is unmistakable. It’s hard to disagree with his analysis or his conclusions.
Great book written at the right time.
This really is an indictment of the ACB. In fact much of what ails Australian cricket today can be sheeted home to decisions made years ago - the preference given to young players, the watering down of domestic competitions, the opportunistic exploitation of commercial possibilities, a rampant bureaucracy, and general arrogance and dysfunction.
I think most of us who follow Australian cricket closely have seen signs of this over the years. To see it in print, and from the mouths close to or within the game, is plain disheartening nonetheless.
You hope change is on the way, and the errors identified here rectified. Who has that much faith in even a revamped ACB? In any case, it will take years to get it right off the field - on the field I expect we’ll bounce back, as always we do (if only briefly).
Haigh is probably the best cricket writer going around. He has such a clear, intelligent and distinctive style that he is unmistakable. It’s hard to disagree with his analysis or his conclusions.
Great book written at the right time.