{"product_id":"9780670077847","title":"Uncertain Corridors: Writings on modern cricket","description":"Author: Haigh, Gideon\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780670077847\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Penguin Australia Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Nov 2013\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFive years ago, Australia's cricket team led the world, holding the World Cup, the  Ashes, and the Border-Gavaskar and Frank Worrell trophies. Today, it languishes in mid-table and cricket itself is regarded as in crisis. How did we go so wrong?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGideon Haigh has had a front-row seat during that decline and \u003ci\u003eUncertain Corridors\u003c\/i\u003e collects the best of his despatches, narrating the collapse of cricket's traditional structures and the uneasy and troubled evolution of its new order, through the stories of Michael Clarke, Ricky Ponting, Mike Hussey, Shane Warne and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the game grows richer and crazier worldwide, thanks to the financial might of the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the unstoppable spread of T20, this is the essential guide - sports journalism at its most informed, passionate and uncompromisingly independent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The skill of writer Gideon Haigh is that he makes his detours into the ignored corners of cricket as fascinating as his insights into the games biggest names and issues.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourier Mail\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eOn Warne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'The most gifted cricket essayist of his generation.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Utterly addictive . . . this is cricket writing as art.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustralian Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Exceptional . . . engrossing'. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHerald Sun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e'Haigh writes as poetically as Warne bowled . . . Simply irresistible.' \u003cb\u003eKen Piesse, \u003ci\u003eUniversal's Summer Cricket Tour Guide 2012-13\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"Print on demand - Ships in 1 to 3 months","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67445877637278,"sku":"UBD-9780670077847","price":29.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9780670077847.jpg?v=1790749309","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9780670077847","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}