A fresh edition of one of the classics of English cricket history, written by one of the game’s most talented and distinctive writers. With a mixture of detail and delight, shrewd assessment and personal appreciation, Alan Gibson tells the fascinating story of the men who have led England in its first 100 years of Test cricket: from James ......
12-year-old Mo Akeel lives for cricket. And he's good at it. Along with his mates, his club manages to beat the odds and make the final, but practice clashes with prayer at the mosque on a Friday night. So Mo has to take drastic action to fulfil his destiny.
A series of journalists, such as Scyld Berry, David Frith, Tanya Aldred, Eleanor Oldroyd, Geoff Lemon and Lawrence Booth write about their cricketing years of discovery, while players Mark Wood, Ted Dexter, Heather Knight, Derek Pringle and Vic Marks provide great insight into on-field performances.
L'Escargot was a wonder horse, one of only two to have scaled the twin peaks of steeplechasing: the Cheltenham Gold Cup and the Grand National. He won on the biggest stages in Britain and Ireland - and on one of the biggest in the USA. His victories spanned nine seasons. He triumphed on the flat, over hurdles and over fences, and at distances from ......
The untold story of a team that left a permanent legacy on English culture
The Literary Cricketers is the untold story of cricket's central role in a slice of London's literary world, from the 1880s to the 1960s. PG Wodehouse used his cricket-playing to launch his writing career. JM Barrie modelled the pirates in Peter Pan after his cricket teammates. Arthur Conan Doyle named Sherlock Holmes after a cricketer he'd played ......
'Cricket is battle and service and sport and art' says Douglas Jardine as he dreams up brutal tactics to beat the Australians in the 1930s. It's also about class and race, language and reflection, it's timeless and it's 'just a game'. It's Empire and sunset, death and renewal, children and long-ago memories. Sometimes, it's just dust and sunburn. ......
The 47th edition tells you everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 English counties and includes an in-depth womens section to take in the growing number of professional female cricketers within the new domestic structure.
Nigh-on 600 players have answered questions ranging from the opponent they most ......
The latest instalment of the award-winning Sticky Dogs and Stardust series, ‘The Third innings’ is another cache of fascinating and – in many cases – previously untold stories documenting the experiences of superstar cricketers playing for recreational cricket teams.
Unlike other sports, cricket – and especially the club ......
