Anyone but England

Mike Marqusee (1953–2015) was a journalist, political activist and author who was born in New York City, and who emigrated to Britain in 1971, where he developed a love of cricket. As well as his many books, Mike published articles in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, BBC History Magazine and India Today. He also was a columnist for the Indian newspaper The Hindu and for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper. In 1995, Mike helped set up 'Hit Racism for Six', a campaign against racism in cricket and in 2005 was named an Honorary Faculty Fellow by the University of Brighton in recognition of his ‘contribution to the development of a critically-based form of journalistic scholarship in the social, cultural and political nature of contemporary global sport.’

• Introduction by Rahul Bhattacharya1. Culture Clash2. The Prison of English History3. The Cathedral and the Cult4. Permanent Revolution5. The Level Playing Field6. Politics and the National Game7. English Cricket in a Shrinking World8. Cricket, Nation, Market 1994–19989. Ten Years After: English Cricket in 2004BibliographyFootnotesA Note on the Author

This is a different kind of cricket book, a very different kind ... Marqusee is withering in his exposure of the racism and hypocrisy prevalent in the English cricket scene