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Not only a cricket book but a treatise on the history of Latin America through cricket with plenty of academic inputs extensively scholarly researched publication deserved a place on the household bookshelf' Wisden Cricket Monthly Cricket was the first sport played in almost every country of the Americas. In 1877, when England and Australia played the inaugural Test match at the MCG, Uruguay and Argentina were already ten years into their derb...

South American food, music and culture are cutting a swathe across the western world.But what if cricket - the quintessential English sport - were to conquer Latin America? The notion of Brazilians and Mexicans playing T20 at the Maracana or the Azteca is not as far-fetched as it sounds.Cricket was the first sport played in almost every country of the Americas - earlier than football, rugby or baseball. In 1877, when England and Australia play...

A history of Latin America through cricketCricket was the first sport played in almost every country of the Americas - earlier than football, rugby or baseball. In 1877, when England and Australia played the inaugural Test match at the MCG, Uruguay and Argentina were already ten years into their derby played across the River Plate.During the highpoint of cricket in South America between the two World Wars, the continent could have provided the...