WINNER OF THE LORD ABERDARE LITERARY PRIZE, 1994

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1994

Now with a new introduction by Rahul Bhattacharya, Anyone But England is a detailed exploration into the origins of cricket; the romance, cultural identity, hypocrisy, flaws of governance and glory of the game.

Mike Marqusee, an American who fell in love with cricket when he moved to the UK in the 1970s, looks at the history of elitism and empire, and how race and class have always been issues in the game.

Scrutinising the long saga of South Africa's exclusion from world cricket, Marqusee charts England's collusion with apartheid, and also details an eye-opening account of Pakistan's controversial 'ball-tampering' tour of England, which provoked intense debate amongst cricket fans about the role of both the media and racism in the modern game.

Showing that supporting the game does not mean you need be blind to its flaws, Marqusee's passion and enthusiasm for cricket is threaded through every element of Anyone But England.

Mike Marqusee (1953-2015) was a journalist, political activist and author who was born in New York City, and who emigrated to Britain in 1971, where he developed a love of cricket. As well as his many books, Mike published articles in the Guardian, the Independent, the Daily Telegraph, the Observer, BBC History Magazine and India Today. He also was a columnist for the Indian newspaper The Hindu and for the British left-wing magazine Red Pepper. In 1995, Mike helped set up 'Hit Racism for Six', a campaign against racism in cricket and in 2005 was named an Honorary Faculty Fellow by the University of Brighton in recognition of his 'contribution to the development of a critically-based form of journalistic scholarship in the social, cultural and political nature of contemporary global sport.'