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''Death of a Gentleman'' is a 2015 documentary film about the takeover of the governance of
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by ICC's 'Big Three'. It was directed by Sam Collins,
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and Johnny Blank, and features interviews with takeover architects
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and
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(the other was
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), alongside
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, Rev.
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.


Plot

It details the allegation that the
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(CA),
England and Wales Cricket Board The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is the Sports governing body, national governing body of cricket in England and Wales. It was formed on 1 January 1997 as a single governing body to combine the roles formerly fulfilled by the Test and ...
(ECB), and
Board of Control for Cricket in India The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body for cricket in India. Its headquarters are situated at Cricket centre, Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The BCCI is the richest governing body of cricket in the world ...
(BCCI) have taken over running of cricket for their own financial gain, at the expense of other Test member countries and especially the associate countries seeking Test status.


Release

It premiered at the
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in June 2015.


Awards

It was recognised as the Television Sports Documentary of the Year at the prestigious Sports Journalists' Awards in London in 2016. It beat off a strong shortlist including the highly commended ''Catch Me If You Can'' (a
BBC Panorama ''Panorama'' is a British BBC Television current affairs documentary programme. First broadcast in 1953, it is the world's longest-running television news magazine programme. ''Panorama'' has been presented by many well-known BBC presenters, ...
investigation into allegations of
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), and ''One Day in May'' (
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's story of the
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).


References


External links


Official websiteChange Cricket
petition (archived 2016) *
Review of film
at ''
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