Brian Scovell spent a lifetime reporting for the Daily Sketch and Daily Mail and knows a host of leading players whom he persuaded to play for his wandering side Woodpeckers and various press sides. His hilarious accounts of these matches - mainly on village greens - provide a richly entertaining and unique addition to cricketing literature.
The ultimate tribute to and celebration of Australian cricketer Shane Warne for cricket and sports fans. He was ‘The King’, cricket’s consummate bowler and showman, whose appeal transcended sport. His death in March 2022 stunned Australia and the world but has since brought people together to remember Shane the cricketer, larrikin and legend, ......
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, and an often tortured presence at the heart of a faltering West Indies side as the great teams of the past faded from view. ......
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.
Sports fans around the world were enthralled when Australia beat South Africa in that famous World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston in 1999. Among them, in a bar in Cyprus, were two holidaying Icelanders, Ragnar and Stefan. It was the first time they'd seen cricket, but they returned home determined to teach the game to their friends. They didn't know ......
An Entertaining Introduction to the Game for Mums & Dads
Im in the team can you come and watch me play? If you will be sitting by a cricket pitch this summer, mystified by the antics on the field in front of you, Cricket Made Simple is the book for you. Not only will it help to explain what is going on from the spectators viewpoint it will also raise you several notches in your loved ones esteem. After ......
The first book to focus on Australian international cricketer and Captain of the Australian Test team Pat Cummins. From his early life to his arrival as a Test cricketer, his frustrations with injury, and his arrival as the 47th Australian Test Captain.
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." Led by tearaway speedsters Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, the Australian bowling attack ......
