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        Clyde Walcott
        Biography & True Stories
        September 2024

        Clyde Walcott

        Statesman of West Indies cricket

        by Peter Mason

        The first biography of a cricketing great, exploring his achievements as a player, manager and political activist. Clyde Walcott was one of the most important cricketers of all time. As a batsman he was part of the legendary 'three Ws' with Everton Weekes and Frank Worrell that helped give West Indies cricket a new identity distinct from its colonial past. After test cricket he became a prominent administrator and advocate of Black consciousness, managing the great West Indies teams that dominated the sport in the 1980s. A vocal supporter of using cricket to apply pressure to the South African apartheid regime, in 1992 he became chairman of the International Cricket Council - the first Black man in that influential role. Shining a light on Walcott's largely ignored part in effecting change through the vehicle of cricket, this book also shows how he contributed to dramatic social transformation in Guyana as cricket and social organiser for the country's sugar estates from 1954 to 1970, bringing about improvements in the living conditions and self-esteem of plantation workers while promoting the emergence of several world-class cricketers from a previously neglected corner of the Caribbean.

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      • Sundial in the Shade
        Cricket
        March 2015

        Sundial in the Shade

        The Story of Barry Richards: the Genius Lost to Test Cricket

        by Andrew Murtagh

        As a former county player, Andrew Murtagh is often asked, 'who is the best batsman he has ever played with or against?' His answer is always unequivocal - 'Richards.' And then comes the inevitable rider - 'Barry, that is, not Viv.' It is a travesty that the cricket world has largely forgotten Barry Richards - a cricketing genius. Debuting for South Africa in 1970, his run-scoring, technique and audacious, extravagant strokeplay took the breath away. A glittering international career beckoned. However, the apartheid storm burst, and Richards had played his first and last Test series. Consigned to plying his trade for Hampshire, Natal and South Australia, Richards became increasingly frustrated and disenchanted with the game he had loved. Following retirement, personal tragedy and professional controversy continued to stalk him, though he has now come to an uneasy acceptance that he will be forever known as the genius lost to Test cricket.

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      • Second XI
        Cricket
        January 2015

        Second XI

        Cricket In Its Outposts

        by Tim Wigmore, Peter Miller, Gideon Haigh, Sahil Dutta and Tim Brooks

        As the world's second most popular sport, cricket is much richer and more diverse than many realise. Globally, passionate players give up holidays, time with loved ones and hard-earned money to achieve the extraordinary and play for their country. Afghanistan, whose captain grew up on a refugee camp, will play in the 2015 World Cup not just in spite of the Taliban but partly because of them. In Ireland, cricket has reawakened after a century of dormancy - but can they achieve their aim of Test cricket and end the player drain to England? These tales resonate far beyond cricket, touching on war, sectarianism and even women's rights. This book explains why an Emirati faced Allan Donald armed only with a sunhat; whether cricket will succeed in China and America; what happened when Kenya reached the World Cup semi-finals, and how cricket in the Netherlands almost collapsed after two bad days.

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      • How's That!
        Sports & outdoor recreation
        July 2013

        How's That!

        A Layman's Guide to Cricket

        by Tony Whelpton

        This is a newly-revised version of a book first published in paperback in 1998, which was very popular but went out of print some years ago when the original publishers ceased trading. It was later re-published as an e-book, and after it reached the number one spot for cricket books in Amazon's Kindle Store in both July and August 2013 the author decided to publish it again as a paperback. It is a book which explains the game of cricket in a way that isn't over-complicated, takes nothing for granted, doesn't over-simplify unduly and - which is very important - doesn't treat its subject in such a facetious manner as to defeat the whole object. It doesn't pretend cricket isn't a complex game, but it does make sure that you pick up all the pieces of the jig-saw puzzle in the proper order so that everything makes sense right from the start, with every new piece added clearly helping to build a bigger picture and helping you to enjoy the game even more. It is enhanced by lively and charming cartoons drawn by Tim Parker. The Kindle version reached the number one cricket spot again in July 2014.

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      • Worst of Cricket 2, The
        Cricket
        November 2008

        Worst of Cricket 2, The

        More Malice and Misfortune from the World's Cruellest Game

        by Nigel Henderson

        “You do well to love cricket,” said Lord Harris, “for it is more free from anything sordid, anything dishonourable, than any game in the world.” Harris, who captained the first England team to do battle with the Australians in this country, obviously never got his hands on a copy of The Worst of Cricket. If that volume failed to totally convince you that the sport is designed to disturb, dismay and disgruntle in equal measure, then maybe it was because it only scratched the surface. Subtitled ‘More Malice and Misfortune in the World’s Cruellest Game’, The Worst of Cricket 2 completes the job, taking up where its predecessor, one of the best-selling titles in Pitch’s popular ‘Worst of Sport’ series, left off. The book takes another humorous look at the whole catalogue of malevolence, misadventure and madness associated with the sport – corruption, violence, drunkenness, incompetence – on and off the pitch!

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      • ASHES - LITTLE BOOK OF
        Sporting events, tours & organisations

        ASHES - LITTLE BOOK OF

        by Pat Morgan

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      • Tony Greig
        Cricket
        April 2011

        Tony Greig

        A Reappraisal of English Cricket's Most Controversial Captain

        by David Tossell

        Tony Greig is remembered as the colourful captain who led cricket into its biggest crisis of the last century. An all-rounder who mixed boldness with belligerence, he was the first South African to skipper England, restoring national pride with victory in India after poundings at the hands of Australia and the West Indies. A controversial and charismatic competitor whose “make them grovel” comment about the West Indies signalled trouble, he later lost the captaincy for recruiting players for Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket. More than three decades later, now a leading television commentator, Greig has never been fully absolved. Featuring many new interviews, including with Greig himself, the book asks whether cricket history judges the accomplished all-rounder fairly, or is coloured by off-field controversies. Tony Greig offers a compelling portrait of a fascinating cricketing era – and was shortlisted for Best Cricket Book at the 2012 British Sports Book Awards.

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      • Australian Autopsy
        Cricket
        July 2011

        Australian Autopsy

        How England Dissected Australia in the 2010/11 Ashes

        by Jarrod Kimber

        English cricket fans will love Jarrod Kimber's second Ashes book, Australian Autopsy – Australian cricket fans perhaps less so! Employing his own unique brand of dry humour, Kimber tells the story of the events of the winter 2010/11 series, and England's record-breaking 3-1 victory Down Under. Described by the Guardian as “a 22nd-century cricket writer”, Kimber’s style is certainly refreshing, having little in common with traditional cricket writing either in literary or lifestyle terms. He travels around his homeland staying in flea-bitten motels, bonding in a beautiful bromance with fellow cricket writer Sam Collins, and getting whispered at by Cricket Australia officials. When Australian Autopsy isn’t chronicling his dreams about Alastair Cook, it observes the English side ripping up the Australians’ script, cutting deep into the national psyche and cricket system. A wholly original chronicle of life on an Ashes tour, the international cricket circus, and Kimber’s home country.

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      • Chasing Sachin
        Cricket
        November 2011

        Chasing Sachin

        by Adam Carroll-Smith

        The story of one obsessive fan’s unlikely ambition: to bowl just one ball at his childhood hero, Sachin Tendulkar. From the very first time he’d ever watched the ‘Little Master’ bat, as a 12-year-old boy, Adam Carroll-Smith had been transfixed. He dreamed not just of bowling to Tendulkar, but of actually knocking over his off stump. Just one problem: he was never really much of a cricketer. However, determined not to let such a small detail stand in his way – and eager to settle an old score with a childhood chum – Carroll-Smith earnestly set about achieving the unthinkable during India’s 2011 tour of England. A hilarious summer ensued as he attempted to live out his fantasy, fending off the attentions of over-zealous fellow fans, crazed Italian spiritualists and his meddling best friend – not to mention the dozens of blazered officials and luminous-jacketed stewards standing between him and his hero.

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      • Following On
        Cricket
        June 2010

        Following On

        A Year with English Cricket's Golden Boys

        by David Tossell

        Following On tells the stories of 14 English cricket World Cup winners – in 1998, as Under-19s, they had tasted global triumph – against the exciting, lucrative landscape at the end of cricket's first decade of the millennium. Now the Ashes, World Twenty20 and Indian Premier League beckoned. But where was the ‘golden generation’ who, 11 years before, had become the only male England cricket team to win a global trophy? Graeme Swann and Owais Shah began 2009 in pursuit of England ambitions. Robert Key and new Twenty20 hero Graham Napier awaited their country's call, while others worried about the viability of county cricket. Some, meanwhile, were combining club cricket with ‘real’ jobs. Observing Ashes heroics from packed stands at Lord's, clashes with county committees, death threats and altogether smaller dramas at rural club grounds, Following On offers a fascinating insight into the cricketing profession, and the English game as a whole.

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      • Ashes 2009: When Freddie Became Jesus
        Cricket
        December 2009

        Ashes 2009: When Freddie Became Jesus

        by Jarrod Kimber

        Jarrod Kimber, the Aussie author of the cult cricketwithballs blog, goes where other cricket chroniclers fear to tread in his 2009 series Ashes diary. From his couch, in the stands and with the occasional press pass from the Wisden Cricketer, Kimber produces a unique take on events on and off the field. When he's not rubbing shoulders with cricket's glitterati, he's either rubbing Steve Waugh up the wrong way, fraternising with the npower girls or attempting to lick Richie Benaud’s trousers. Unless he’s threatening to strip Ian Bell naked, oil him up and make him practice in a giant birdcage, that is. But amid the bawdy humour and ribald ranting is the penetrating insight and love of the game that by the end of the summer had journalists of a more conventional nature tapping cricketwithballs into their search engines, leading the Guardian to describe Kimber as “a 22nd-century cricket writer”.

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      • Ashes Match of My Life
        Cricket
        July 2013

        Ashes Match of My Life

        Fourteen Ashes Stars Relive Their Greatest Games

        by Sam Pilger and Rob Wightman

        Fourteen Ashes legends come together to tell the stories behind their most thrilling triumphs in the historic series - enabling cricket fans to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men in the middle of the field, playing their hearts out for England and Australia in one of the sporting world's most intense rivalries. All the drama and intrigue of more than half a century of Ashes action is captured, from Sir Donald Bradman in the 1940s via Geoffrey Boycott and Jeff Thomson, Merv Hughes and Mark Taylor and into the new millennium, recreating all the excitement of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath taking on Michael Vaughan's England. Each player winds back the clock to reveal the tension, controversy, sledging, humour and passion involved in pursuit of glory - and the true cricketing greatness which can only ever be grasped within an Ashes series.

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      • Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets
        Cricket
        November 2012

        Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets

        England's Troubled Reign as Test Match Kings During the Fifties

        by Tim Quelch

        When Andrew Strauss's team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. This tale of England's preceding triumph and loss is recounted through the memoirs of many of the star players when England had last been top of the world. Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets tells the story of English cricket's slow recovery from the Second World War, of its brief time of triumph and of its undignified fall from grace - a tale of fluctuating fortunes reflected upon by great names including Hutton, Compton and Trueman, Lindwall and Miller, McGlew and Weekes. The title refers to the sporting controversies of the time - suspect bowling actions and poor pitches - as Britain declined as an imperial power, and English cricket was hampered by class snobbery, anachronistic fixations and an uncompetitive domestic game.

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      • Bodyline Hypocrisy, The
        Cricket
        April 2013

        Bodyline Hypocrisy, The

        Conversations with Harold Larwood

        by Michael Arnold

        This fresh analysis of the England–Australia 'Bodyline Controversy' of 1932-33 uncovers hypocrisy on both sides of the furore, drawing on exclusive interviews with English 'villain of the piece' (and Australian émigré) Harold Larwood. At the time, Australia was a young, isolated country where sport was a religion, winning essential, and the media prone to distortion. In England, the MCC was pressurised by a British government fearing trade repercussions, leaving Harold Larwood and Douglas Jardine to be hung out to dry on a clothes-line of political expediency. The Bodyline Hypocrisy analyses the influence of Australian culture on events, and on exaggerations and distortions previously accepted as fact. It reveals that the MCC granted Honorary Membership to Larwood in 1949, influenced by its Australian president. And now even Ian Chappell has stated that Jardine's leg-theory tactic was simply playing Test cricket with whatever weapons were available. Times change and the truth emerges.

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      • Cricket On This Day
        Cricket
        August 2009

        Cricket On This Day

        History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

        by Paul Donnelley

        Cricket On This Dayrevisits many of the sport’s most magical and memorable moments which might otherwise have slipped under the radar. Here are hundreds of hilarious and unusual highlights, all mixed in with a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable cricketing diary – with an entry for every day of the year. Revisit the day when one noted wicketkeeper walked on 97, never to make a Test century; the first County Championship match ever to be rained off, and the Test match that was interrupted by Dr Who’s Tardis. Recalling events that will make you laugh, cry, or shake your head in disbelief, Cricket On This Day benefits from brilliant research, gathering together many original stories and tit-bits to create a vivid picture of the diverse and often bizarre world of cricket.

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      • England On This Day (Cricket)
        Cricket
        August 2009

        England On This Day (Cricket)

        History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

        by Richard Murphy

        England On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the national cricket team’s illustrious past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable England diary – with an entry for every day of the year. From the first ever Test match in 1877 through to the Twenty20 era, England’s faithful fans have witnessed world domination and tragicomic failures, grudge matches, controversy and absurdity – all present here. Timeless greats such as Ian Botham, Jack Hobbs and Fred Trueman, Denis Compton, Harold Larwood and Andrew Flintoff all loom larger than life. Revisit 5 January 1971, when a Melbourne Test became the first ever one day international. 30 July 1995: Dominic Cork takes England’s first hat-trick in 38 years! Or 6 September 1880, when WG Grace and his two brothers all made their Test debuts – two successful, one tragic.

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      • Essex CCC On This Day
        Cricket
        May 2012

        Essex CCC On This Day

        History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

        by Ian Brookes

        Essex CCC On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the county’s distinguished cricketing past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable diary of Essex history – with an entry for every day of the year. From the club’s Victorian foundation through to the Twenty20 era, Essex’s illustrious history takes in victories over touring teams, triumphs in the County Championship and one-day trophies. County players’ individual achievements in Test matches are recalled with pride, alongside landmark events such as Percy Perrin's triple century and Graham Napier's record number of sixes in an innings. Fully endorsed by the club, a history of great matches and sensational signings, hilarious and controversial events form a backdrop against which the county’s cricketing heroes – Walter Mead, Nasser Hussain and Trevor Bailey; Keith Fletcher, Graham Gooch and Alastair Cook – all loom larger than life.

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      • Glamorgan CCC Miscellany
        Cricket
        September 2013

        Glamorgan CCC Miscellany

        Glamorgan Trivia, History, Facts & Stats

        by Andrew Hignell

        Glamorgan CCC Miscellany collects together all the vital information you never knew you needed to know about the Dragons. In these pages you will find irresistible anecdotes and the most mindblowing stats and facts. Heard the one about the opposing vicar who scored a hundred, the game when Glamorgan only had five fielders, or the side that were all born in Wales? How about the times when a number 11 was top scorer for the county, or when a batsman was dismissed twice in the space of a minute? Do you know who was keeping wicket when Glamorgan won the 1969 Championship? Who took a wicket with his first-ever ball? Or who was the club's tallest ever player? All these stories and hundreds more appear in a brilliantly researched collection of trivia - essential for any Dragons fan who holds the riches of the club's history close to their heart.

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