CRICKET BOOKS

There has been renewed interest in World Series Cricket in the last couple of years, as well as the manner in which the ‘Establishment’ game dealt with the challenge. David Battersby’s new book looks at what England were up to as WSC began

Not all cricketing autobiographies are the same, and Tino Best’s is certainly a great deal racier than the norm.

All cricket loving parents face the challenge of interesting their offspring in the game. Archie seems to have found an excellent way of making the introduction

Books that touch and concern the game in Zimbabwe have been few and far between, thus the former Surrey, Glamorgan and England batsman Alan Butcher’s first book is a particularly important one

There are 27 very good reasons for buying this week’s book, not to mention the fact that all proceeds go to a cricketing charity

Back in the day Younis Ahmed was one of the most popular batsmen in county cricket, and a generation on from his retirement his autobiography is just as entertaining as his stroke play was

This week’s book is an unusual self-published effort which, perhaps, will start a trend?

Despite being a relatively recent publication this small book is not easy to find, but it will certainly reward anyone who is able to track it down

For anyone who doubted whether there could be anything new in the rush of new books that appeared on the subject of WG last year, there will be a number of pleasant surprises within the covers of this week’s book

We’ve been a little slow off the mark with this one, but better late than never