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Women’s Cricket and Global Processes This page intentionally left blank Women’s Cricket and Global Processes The Emergence and Development of Women’s Cricket as a Global Game Philippa Velija York St John University, UK © Philippa Velija 2015 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6-10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-58107-8 ISBN 978-1-137-32352-1 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-137-32352-1 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Velija, Philippa. Women’s cricket and global processes : the emergence and development of women’s cricket as a global game / Philippa Velija. pages cm 1. Cricket for women. 2. Cricket—Social aspects. 3. Sports and globalization. I. Title. GV929.V45 2015 796.358082—dc23 2014049595 For Cimi, Mollie and Merida This page intentionally left blank Contents List of Tables viii Preface ix Acknowledgements x 1 Introduction 1 2 Cricket and Masculinity in Early Forms of Cricket 25 3 Civilising Processes, Gender Relations and the Global Women’s Game 57 4 Women’s Cricket, International Governance and Organisation of the Global Game 89 5 Cricket and Gendered National Identities: The Experiences of Women Who Play and Organise the ‘Global Game’ 119 6 Conclusion 145 References 159 Index 167 List of Tables 1.1 Significant dates in the global development of men’s and women’s cricket 7 5.1 ICC World T20 prize money 125 viii Preface This book provides a sociological analysis of women’s cricket by focusing on understanding the emergence, development and con- tinual issues that enable and constrain the development of women’s cricket as a global game. Despite there being extensive academic research on the history and globalisation of men’s cricket, little is known about the development and emergence of women’s cricket as a global sport. In popular accounts women’s cricket is wrongly con- sidered a ‘new’ sport, one that was developed through men’s involve- ment post-2005. But this is not the case and this book seeks to uncover the social processes involved in the emergence and develop- ment of women’s cricket and the organisations that govern the game nationally and internationally. Focusing on power relations between men’s and women’s cricket, this book seeks to explain, firstly, how and why the women’s game has developed the way it has, and sec- ondly, how power relations between men’s and women’s cricket con- tinue to shape the development of the women’s game as well as influence the social identities of women who play the ‘global game’. ix
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