Towards a cricket history of Australia. (Sport). From: Quadrant | Date: November 1, 2001| Author: Caterson, Simon | COPYRIGHT 2001 Quadrant Magazine Company, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

MANY PEOPLE are familiar with the history of Australian cricket but the cricket history of Australia is yet to be written. Cricket defined the Australian nation even though the game itself by its very nature is profoundly anti-historical. In its endless recurrent variation, cricket is and is not history.

At any given moment, the complex sequence of movements that make up the game, the physical sensations they produce in the players, and the emotional and intellectual res...

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