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May13

Winds Behind The Willows

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A book devoted to Sri Lankan cricket is a rare thing, and we are very grateful to author Ranjan Mellawa for providing us with a review copy of his magnum opus on the subject of the game he loves

May06

The Indefatigable Thomson

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The usual reason for buying a book is to provide a source of entertainment or to acquire knowledge. This one does both, and as a bonus your hard earned will support a very worthy cause

May06

Revolution ’97

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Sussex supporters of a certain age will doubtless remember it well, but for those of us who don’t fall into that category here is an interesting reminder of the off field events that transformed the club a couple of decades ago

April22

Imperfect

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This week Martin reviews another autobiography of an Indian cricketer, and finds it is anything but just another autobiography by an Indian cricketer

April15

Ambassadors of Goodwill

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It has been a while now since we had a new cricket book from Pitch Publishing, but this review of England’s Test tours in the quarter century after the Second World War is right up to their usual high standard

April01

Scotland v Australia

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Next week we will be reviewing an important new biography, but for today Martin has been looking at a couple of rather more obscure items. The second is essentially a match programme, but a very collectable and wide ranging one

April01

Andrew Sandham

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Next week we will be reviewing an important new biography, but for today Martin has been looking at a couple of rather more obscure items. The first is what could be said to be the forerunner of the modern benefit brochure