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The sophisticated sportsmen of cricket are full of wit and banter, and this book captures their hilarious quotes before they disappear into the stands. Often seen as a gentleman's game, cricket is full of intellectual insights, but then again, some of the musings of the crease are absolutely daft! Y...

This selection of the very best, and most intriguing, writing on cricket, drawn from the mid-eighteenth century to the present day, adopts a fresh approach. It is arranged around the theme of the many things that must happen simply for a day's play to happen - from creating a clearing in a Malaysian...

In 1953 England became the "unofficial world champions". Len Hutton's victory at the Oval in that coronation year heralded an apparently golden age in England's Test match history. There were many heroic performances not only from the immaculate Len Hutton and the dashing Denis Compton but there wer...

Paul Winslow was old enough to know better when cricket finally gripped him in its thrall. Having ignored its myriad charms for years, he let his guard down and found himself conscripted into the Barmy Army, blindly following the England cricket team to Belfast, Barbados, Brisbane and beyond to feed...

'I can truthfully say that there has never been a nicer man in the game. George Chesterton is a gentleman to the core. And he wasn't a bad bowler either!' Tom Graveney OBE. Wartime pilot dropping supplies over occupied Europe; county cricketer; housemaster teaching and disciplining mischievous teena...

Fred Trueman was so much more than a cricketing legend. 'The greatest living Yorkshireman' according to Prime Minister Harold Wilson, he couldn't help excelling at everything he did, whether it was as a hostile fast bowler for Yorkshire and England, and the first man to take 300 Test wickets in a ca...

Hampshire cricket has a rich heritage stretching from the rural game in the Hambledon epoch to the razzamatazz of Twenty20 cricket under the floodlights at the Rose Bowl. Hampshire Cricket On This Day captures all the key events in those 260 years. It celebrates, in diary form, Hampshire's Champions...

When William Clarke married Mary Chapman, landlady of the Trent Bridge Inn, and decided to convert their meadow into the Trent Bridge cricket ground, he could have had little idea of what he was creating. Over 170 years later, Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club can proudly reflect on a rich history...

Essex CCC On This Day presents the personalities and achievements of Essex cricket in the form of a diary, with individual entries for every day of the year, and multiple listings for days when more than one important event has occurred. Entries celebrate all of Essex County Cricket Club's triumphs ...

Warwickshire CCC On This Day offers a unique trawl through the long and colourful history of one of the world's most famous cricket clubs. County cricket, a pillar of English sporting life since Victorian times, has a history teeming with great characters, wonderful matches and bizarre quirks. The c...

Yorkshire CCC was officially formed on 8 January 1863. Ever since, and even before, that date there have been incidents, matches, controversies and characters that have made Yorkshire cricket famous around the world. All of the events that comprise the most successful cricket club in England have be...

This book provides the first comprehensive and complete history of Western Province cricket and the Cape Cobras in the 121 years from 1890 to 2011. It goes beyond any similar sports history in South Africa to date, to reveal the rich history of cricket in a region with the longest tradition of playi...

100 cracking quizzes to test how well you know your cricket. Some questions are rank long hops begging to be hit for six; others will have all but the finest minds stumped. Covering test cricket, ODIs, twenty20, county cricket, the IPL and great players and fixtures from the past, this is a must hav...

International cricket is being contaminated by crooked players, ruthless gamblers and bent officials. This staggering catalogue of revelations exposes appalling scandals involving the biggest names in the sport. Often under enormous pressure from gambling gangs who threaten serious physical harm an...

From Gower to Flintoff, Waugh to Vaughan, Cronje to Pietersen, Paul Nixon has shared a dressing room with some of the most evocative names in international and domestic cricket - and often enraged them on the field of play. The wicketkeeper, known as his sport's most prolific 'sledger', has amassed ...

In 1999, England slumped to a new low in their long and tumultuous cricket history. Defeat in a home series at the hands of a mediocre New Zealand team saw them fall to the bottom of the world Test rankings, below even Zimbabwe. Yet only just over a decade later, England had reached the top. It has ...

When Brian Johnston was a schoolboy, his reports were full of phrases such as 'talks too much in school' and 'apt to be a buffoon'. Later millions of radio listeners would be delighted to discover that some things never changed! Johnners brought his unique wit and personal charm to an enormous range...

Following the success of "A Delicious Slice of Johnners", Barry Johnston has edited another delightful anthology based on three of his father's most popular books, "Brian Johnston's Guide to Cricket", "Chatterboxes" and "It's Been A Piece Of Cake".

Following Brian Johnston's death in 1994, Prime Minister John Major appeared to speak for the nation when he remarked that 'Summers will never be the same.' To an Englishman's ears, the sound of leather against willow will always be closely associated with the cheerful tones of Johnners. Brian Johns...

Graeme Swann's transformation from international outsider to England's primary match-winner and undisputed best spin bowler in the world has been remarkably rapid. Within two years of his 2008 Test debut, he had become his country's most reliable bowler, made the shortlist for the ICC's cricketer of...

Phil Tufnell, aka "Tuffers", is the much-loved English cricketer from the 1990s who has now become one of this country's favourite broadcasters. Not cast from the same mould as other players of his generation, Tufnell became a cult figure for his unorthodox approach to the game ...and to life in gen...

In 1999, England slumped to a new low in their long and tumultuous cricket history. Defeat in a home series at the hands of a mediocre New Zealand team saw them fall to the bottom of the world Test rankings, below even Zimbabwe. Yet only just over a decade later, England had reached the top. It has ...

He's the good-looking lad from Burnley whose brilliance on the pitch and good looks have drawn comparisons with David Beckham and who has established himself as one of the most exciting cricketers in world. In his first book, James Anderson (or Jimmy, as everyone knows him) tells the story of his li...

Globalizing Cricket examines the global role of the sport - its key points of development, the diffusion of cricket through colonization, and its impact on the changing notions of English national identity. Dominic Malcolm analyzes the game from a wide range of international contexts, and demonstrat...

Author BiographyAlan Ross (1922-2001) was a poet, writer, journalist, editor and publisher. In fact, he was a man of letters par excellence. Born in India, educated in England, he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia. Alan Ross took over The London ...

Author BiographyAlan Ross (1922-2001) was a poet, writer, journalist, editor and publisher. In fact, he was a man of letters par excellence. Born in India, educated in England, he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia. Alan Ross took over The London ...

Author BiographyAlan Ross (1922-2001) was a poet, writer, journalist, editor and publisher. In fact, he was a man of letters par excellence. Born in India, educated in England, he joined the Royal Navy in the Second World War and endured the Arctic convoys to Russia. Alan Ross took over The London ...

Cricket on Everest starts with an idea over a pint of beer and ends with a world record at 5,165 metres above sea level. In 2009, 50 people from the UK, many of whom had never met until a year earlier, played the highest ever game of cricket on the slopes of the world's tallest mountain. The idea ca...

Shane Warne is one of the most fascinating sports people on the planet. You might not follow cricket, you may never have even seen Warne in cricket ground, yet you know who he is, what he looks like and what is going on in his personal life at any given time. Selected as one of five Wisden Cricketer...

This is a compilation of Jonathan Agnew's favourite outtakes and bloopers from his time commentating with Brian Johnston.

Gentlemen v Players was a first-class cricket match, first played in 1806, which was subsequently an annual fixture at Lord's between teams consisting of amateurs (the Gentlemen) and of professionals (the Players). The amateur was not merely someone who played the sport in his spare time, but a par...