In this conversation the Australian journalist and cricket writer Gideon Haigh discusses the ways in which cricket, and sport more generally is political. Gideon Haigh's work includes regular columns for The Australian and The Times, biographical essays about Jack Iverson, Victor Trumper and Shane Warne, reviews and reflections on series, teams, eras and controversies. He does not tweet, use facebook or any other form of social media. I tweet @cricketingview --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cricketingview/message