Authors revisiting their defining work with the benefit of a couple of decades hindsight and further consideration almost always produces a worthwhile second edition, and Ashley Mote’s story of the Hambledon club is no exception
CRICKET BOOKS
Reviewing this book is something of a digression from Archie but, as he explains, it just sneaks in as a cricket book even if the greater appeal is likely to be to followers of Australian Rules Football
For Kent and Country is another product of the upsurge in interest that the centenary of its commencement created in the Great War, and a fine book it is too
Archie reviews an impressive anthology from the Wisden stable today which readers may not even have to buy. Visit the CW Cricket Chat forum for a chance to win a copy
Shortly before the 2015 campaign begins Stephen Chalke has produced a masterful tribute to the longest running domestic competition in the world, the County Championship
The most successful players do not always make the best subject for a book, and this autobiography of an Indian off spinner whose name will mean nothing to those outside the subcontinent is proof positive of that
This week Rodney examines one of WG Grace’s lesser-known books.
It looks like we have an early candidate for our Book of the Year award as the game finally gets a biography of one of the greatest of all the Springboks
Judging from Archie’s review it looks like the lucky winners of a copy of this book in our Fantasy Cricket Competition are going to receive a book worth reading
Martin was the first to get his hands on our copy of this, one of the most eagerly awaited titles of the year – it seems that he wasn’t disappointed