Publisher's Synopsis
Starting with the period from 1889, the title profiles all the cricket captains to the present, bringing the story up to date with chapters on Hansie Cronje and Shaun Pollock. The title sheds fascinating and controversial light on the history of the sport. It explores the way that cricket was segregated, and gives new information on the black cricket captains and the Basil D'Oliveira affair. There are interesting facts about the rebel era, and a thorough treatment of the Hansie Cronje match-fixing scandal. The final chapters cover the period of Shaun Pollock's captaincy, as well as the few matches captained by Gary Kirsten and Mark Boucher.
