Elitism in cricket: a history

<h3>Duncan Stone argues that classism and racism have held back England’s summer sport for decades</h3><p><br></p><h3>Duncan Stone talks to Spencer Mizen about cricket’s history of elitism – a story that, he contends, has long seen the rich and powerful dominate the sport’s evolution and image.</h3><p><br></p><p>(Ad) Duncan Stone is the author of&nbsp;<em>Different Class: The Untold Story of English Cricket&nbsp;</em>(Repeater, 2022). Buy it now from Amazon:&nbsp;</p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Different-Class-Untold-English-Cricket/dp/1913462803/ref=asc_df_1913462803/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=499348463277&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=9158678485622880103&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006476&amp;hvtargid=pla-1294513684256&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.co.uk/Different-Class-Untold-English-Cricket/dp/1913462803/ref=asc_df_1913462803/?tag=googshopuk-21&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=499348463277&amp;hvpos=&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=9158678485622880103&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=1006476&amp;hvtargid=pla-1294513684256&amp;psc=1&amp;th=1&amp;psc=1&amp;tag=bbchistory045-21&amp;ascsubtag=historyextra-social-histboty</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>