Episode 11 - First-Class or Nothing

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Teatime Declarations

15 episodes

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Teatime Declarations tells the story of the complex, intriguing, and entertaining relationship between cricket and geopolitics. The podcast focuses on the sport we love through the lens of war, empire, politics, diplomacy, and society; or on geopolitics through the lens of on-field heroics, off-field scandal, and everything in between. Each episode will dive in to one topic on this theme, and your hosts Jonathan Russell and Paul Seligman will bring you into the conversation they were probably having anyway.

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Episode 11 - First-Class or Nothing

Teatime Declarations

47 minutes 48 seconds

1 year ago

Episode 11 - First-Class or Nothing

First-Class or Nothing

This episode unpacks the finding of the The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket (ICEC) that cricket in England is elitist and exclusionary. We question why 77% of English test batters who have debuted since 2011 have been privately educated. And we explore the history of the Gentleman vs Players fixture as we unpick the relationship between the class system and cricket.

Teatime Declarations is a podcast that looks at cricket through the lens of states, societies, and their interactions. Jonny and Paul talk you through their reflections on the beautiful game, and the difficult questions it poses for our life and times.