If a fair dinkum Aussie like Archie enjoys an autobiography from the pen of an archetypal Englishman it can only mean one thing – it’s a bloody good read!
It must have been tempting for Archie to forget this one and wait for its successor, but for the benefit of his many English friends he felt obliged to stick with it
Our thanks go to all the worthy candidates for Book of the Year that we have read this year, but the main award can only go to one author, and for 2013 that is John Barclay.
Next week we announce our Book of the Year for 2013, but in the meantime England fans might want to try and track down a copy of this record of a successful tour to Australia
Even if it is by far the oldest in the field, Wisden is certainly not the only cricket annual on the market, and this week Archie has been reading another offering from the Almanack’s publisher
Year in year out Wisden is the best cricket book around, so it is hardly surprising that a compilation of the Almanack’s highlights is a five star book