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BoyBrumby · 17-09-2006, 02:30 AM

Currently reading On and off the field by Ed Smith. It's a diary of his 2003 season & is really insightful, far more so than sportsmen's books usually are.

As befits a man with a double first from Cambridge in History he equally has one foot firmly planted in academia (he pens reviews for The Times Literary Supplement & namechecks Vikram Seth as easily as Rob Key) and turns his daunting acuity to the often unexplained fluctuations of a sportsman's form and pulses of a cricketer's season. He may not be the best batsman, but is probably the best qualified to write about it.

17-09-2006, 02:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
BoyBrumby Englishman Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Doing the stance Posts: 42,613	Currently reading On and off the field by Ed Smith. It's a diary of his 2003 season & is really insightful, far more so than sportsmen's books usually are. As befits a man with a double first from Cambridge in History he equally has one foot firmly planted in academia (he pens reviews for The Times Literary Supplement & namechecks Vikram Seth as easily as Rob Key) and turns his daunting acuity to the often unexplained fluctuations of a sportsman's form and pulses of a cricketer's season. He may not be the best batsman, but is probably the best qualified to write about it. __________________ *- As featured in The Independent.* "This is not the time for namby-pamby promising youngsters who might just do something; not the time for building for the future. Pragmatism rules and they don't come more pragmatic than Rogers." - Victor Marks makes the case for stiff-legged and stiff-armed 35 year old left-handers in Ashes squads Last edited by BoyBrumby; 17-09-2006 at 04:57 AM. Reason: typo. Got "l" & "u" wrong way round in "pulses"