Matty76
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Seeing as though it is nearing christmas, and a cricket book always makes for a great stocking stuffer, I thought I would take the opportunity to ask everyone:
What are some of the best cricket books you have read (and also the worst!)?
Probably my favourite book is "Captains On A See-Saw" by Phil Tresidder, about the West Indies tour of Australia in 1968-69. Today's journalists could learn much from the way he brought the games to life, so descriptive was his writing.
More recently, "Golden Boy: Kim Hughes and the bad old days of Australian cricket" by Chrtstian Ryan, is pretty uneasy reading, but absolutely fascinating at the same time.
Another favourite is "The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience" by Peter May. As someone who was too young at the time to understand the implications of the rebel tours to South Africa, I highly recommend this book, as it highlights just how divisive the tours were in the 1980's.
Finally, today I purchased "Blood, Sweat and Treason" by fromer Zimbabwe player Henry Olonga. I generally tend to read Cricket Web or Live Cricket Scores | ICC 2011 World Cup | Cricket news, statistics | ESPN Cricinfo reviews before I buy a cricket book (as I have had several shockers that I have had to, erm..pass on to the public library!), and after reading their reviews of this book I simply cannot wait to receive it!!
What are some of the best cricket books you have read (and also the worst!)?
Probably my favourite book is "Captains On A See-Saw" by Phil Tresidder, about the West Indies tour of Australia in 1968-69. Today's journalists could learn much from the way he brought the games to life, so descriptive was his writing.
More recently, "Golden Boy: Kim Hughes and the bad old days of Australian cricket" by Chrtstian Ryan, is pretty uneasy reading, but absolutely fascinating at the same time.
Another favourite is "The Rebel Tours: Cricket's Crisis of Conscience" by Peter May. As someone who was too young at the time to understand the implications of the rebel tours to South Africa, I highly recommend this book, as it highlights just how divisive the tours were in the 1980's.
Finally, today I purchased "Blood, Sweat and Treason" by fromer Zimbabwe player Henry Olonga. I generally tend to read Cricket Web or Live Cricket Scores | ICC 2011 World Cup | Cricket news, statistics | ESPN Cricinfo reviews before I buy a cricket book (as I have had several shockers that I have had to, erm..pass on to the public library!), and after reading their reviews of this book I simply cannot wait to receive it!!