1. Editor’s Introduction: Twenty20 and the future of cricket Chris Rumford, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
2. The IPL and Indian control over global cricket Amit Gupta, USAF Air War College, Alabama, USA
3. Cricket for people who don’t like cricket? Twenty20 as the expression of the cultural and media zeitgeist Barrie Axford and Richard Huggins,Oxford Brookes University, UK
4. Twenty20 and the Indianization of Australian cricket Peter English, Australasian editor, Cricinfo Magazine
5. Hired guns: Twenty20 and the changing nature of national loyalties Brian Stoddart, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia
6. Test Match Special, Twenty20, and the future of cricket broadcasting Cate Watson, University of Stirling, UK
7. Cricket and technology – umpiring referrals and the changing nature of on-field justice Rob Steen, Brighton University, UK
8. ‘The four-day game doesn’t pay the bills’: A case study in the contemporary political economy of county cricket Stephen Wagg, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK
9. The rise of the portfolio player Chris Rumford, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
10. Twenty20 cricket and women’s cricket: problems and opportunities Philippa Velija, York St John University, UK
11. Media, Twenty20, and the co-escalation of political and cricket controversies Nick Anstead, London School of Economics, UK and Ben O’Loughlin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Biography
Chris Rumford is Professor of Political Sociology and Global Politics in the department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, UK, where he is also co-Director of the Centre for Global and Transnational Politics. Previous publications include Cosmopolitan Spaces: Europe, Globalization, Theory (2008) and Cricket and Globalization (2010).
