ABSTRACT
If Lord Denning’s invocation of the heavenly nature of cricket in English society represents one side of a social text, Simon Barnes’ description of Dante’s ideal of cricket hell, represents the other side of the coin.1
If Lord Denning’s invocation of the heavenly nature of cricket in English society represents one side of a social text, Simon Barnes’ description of Dante’s ideal of cricket hell, represents the other side of the coin.1