Gideon Haigh

Quotes

• “Since inception, the IPL has worn its brand value like a corroboration of inner virtue. On the eve of this tournament, u...”
• “[F]or all its reputation for conservatism, cricket in its history has demonstrated a remarkable capacity for innovation....”
• “George Orwell famously described international sport as 'war minus the shooting'. But for all Orwell's greatness as a th...”
• “The IPL, involving the socialist principle of a salary cap and the protectionist mechanism of quotas, is not perhaps the...”
• “Far from marking the end of nationalism, the IPL is the ultimate triumph of that principle: a global tournament in which...”
• “The assumption now is that the interests of the brand and of the game overlap to the degree that cricket need hardly be ...”