LARA: The England Chronicles is Brian Lara in his own voice, unfiltered and unrestrained. The true untouchables of sport possess a kind of mystery, and Lara – thrillseeker, record holder, genius – stands as perhaps cricket’s deepest enigma, at once a beautifully free strokemaker whose creativity captured an era.
Blood on the Tracks tells the thrilling and brutal story of the 1974/75 Ashes series. As the 1975 edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack put it, “Never in the ninety-eight years of Test cricket have batsmen been so grievously bruised and battered by ferocious, hostile short-pitched balls as were those led conscientiously by Mike Denness.
The Queen lived for 96 years and reigned over seven decades, attending thousands of political, cultural and sporting events. Among them were 44 cricket matches, from back-country festivals in southern Australia to World Cup finals and, of course, many Test matches at Lord's.
Unlike other sports, cricket - and especially the club cricket of England and the British Isles - allows recreational players to rub shoulders with international stars and even superstars in a fully competitive context, providing them with some of the most cherished memories of their lives. As in the first book, Scott Oliver has assembled two ......
From a Pakistani teenager left for dead by terrorists to England's first black international cricketer, from journalists and broadcasters who have battled adversity to forge careers in cricket to a pair of Syrian refugees, and from one of England's greatest all-rounders to the inimitable David 'Bumble' Lloyd, Chave writes about the lives of eleven ......
Britain in 1926 was a troubled country. Revolution was in the air as the catastrophic after-effects of the First World War continued. A General Strike in May soon ended, but it left a legacy of bitterness and recrimination. Millions of workers across many industries were sacked or locked out, and coal mining came to a standstill. Poverty was ......
There are few better qualified to write the sequel to Alan Gibson’s masterpiece than Vic Marks, who played under four of the captains of whom he writes and has followed subsequent ones from press and radio commentary boxes. He begins this volume by reflecting on the idiosyncratic genius of Alan Gibson, whom he befriended in the writer’s later ......
The 45th edition of The Cricketers' Who's Who tells you everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 counties and includes an indepth women's section to take in the growing number of professional female cricketers as well as the England Women squad. Nigh on 500 players have answered questions ranging from the greatest ......
