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England cricketers face a long, uneasy English summer
In a London scene at Lord's, the piece surveys cricket as a social staple yet laments its drift toward violence, commerce, and overbearing competition. It recalls England’s humiliations to ex-colonies, contrasts global views, and notes cricket’s deep literary and cultural roots across classes and nations.
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London
Lord's Cricket Ground
Buckingham Palace
Howler
England
Times of London
Sri Lanka
Australia
West Indies
Indian Subcontinent
Africa
Rudyard Kipling
George Bernard Shaw
Byron
Keats
Cowper
Trollope
G.M. Trevelyan
Daily Telegraph
Hoavy Public
Times
Lord
Brian Walden
Pretoria
South Africa
Richie Benaud
Matthew Engel
The
Guardian