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Jul 14, 20211 min read
877. Michael Holding - Why We Kneel, How We Rise
Holding was a West Indian fast bowler in the 70’s & 80’s, now a cricket commentator. This is extraordinary, written out of years of...
Dec 3, 20201 min read
831. Stephen Fay & David Kynaston - Arlott, Swanton And The Soul...
The full title continues ‘of English cricket'. But I couldn’t really work out whether it was a parallel biography of these 2 cricket...
Nov 19, 20191 min read
730. Alan Ross - Australia 63
A great cricket book, first published in 1963, at the end of this Ashes series, about 3 years before I got interested in cricket. Ross...
Jun 5, 20181 min read
595. Ed Smith - On And Off The Field
Needed something light after Henry James. I have read this before, years ago, and my impression hasn’t changed much - despite being...
Sep 25, 20171 min read
530. Tim Heald - Brian Johnston, The Authorised Biography
A change from the novels, but this was (I wrote pretty lightweight) but with hindsight I would say execrable. From the hotel library. Get...
Nov 5, 20161 min read
441. Patrick Neate - City Of Tiny Lights
Another book from the ‘Best Crime Thriller’ website. Patrick Neate (or at least his hero) is a Ugandan Asian private eye, living in...
May 15, 20161 min read
400. Mike Brearley - Phoenix From The Ashes
Another one from the attic, I don’t know why as there is lots of space in cricket books downstairs. This is about Botham’s Ashes in 1981....
Nov 9, 20141 min read
259. Kevin Pietersen - KP: The Autobiography
Hard to comment on this. Of course as a cricket fan, interested to read his book. But it is such an apologia for KP, and such a...
Oct 24, 20141 min read
256. Oli Broom - Cycling To The Ashes
Another cricket related birthday present, but this is a brilliant travel book, and the cricket is just a coat hanger to steer him...
Oct 10, 20141 min read
253. Miles Jupp - Fibber In The Heat
Lots of books as birthday presents. This I don’t think is one of the most distinguished, but people know I am a cricket fan. Miles Jupp,...
Nov 11, 20131 min read
162. David Gower - An Endangered Species
Haven’t read a cricketing biography for years, and probably won’t repeat the experience for a while. Get this on Amazon