‘Everybody loves a star.’

The game of cricket offers an entire constellation: nations fixed to television sets during the World Cup; designer Masaba Gupta, and her father, cricket great Sir Vivian Richards revelling in the runway show. Cricket, ‘The Gentleman’s Game,’ is truly the sport of the people. The zeitgeist extends from New York to Toronto.

Diffused and the Toronto Public Library Present, 'Conjuring Cricket, Images of a Culture' Sunday May 01-Tuesday May 31, 2011, Woodside Square branch.

The collection features pre-World Cup IX images captured in the Caribbean by photographer Michael Phang.