Gideon Haigh Quotes

• [F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation. What game has survived subjection to such extraordinary manipulations, having been prolonged to 10 days (in Durban 70 years ago), truncated to as few as 60 balls (in Hong Kong every year), and remained recognisable in each instance?

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  Years   Games   Innovation  

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• George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a thinker, this was one of his least felicitous lines, analogous to 'murder minus the death' or 'life minus the breathing'.

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  Sports   War   Greatness  

  Gideon Haigh (2010). “Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and Its Discontents”, p.197, Victory Books

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• No cricketer is so dependent on the turf on which the game is played as the spinner; it can make, break, enfang or defang him.

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  Games   Break   Spinner  

  Gideon Haigh (2012). “On Warne”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

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• A Writer says: read what I have written An historian says: listen to my lecture A critic says: listen to what I think A journalist says: let me tell you a story.

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  Wise   Thinking   Stories  

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