This account of the last appearance of the great batsman is taken from a recently published book ‘The Way It Was’. We are grateful to Author and Publisher Stephen Chalke for allowing Cricket Web to feature this on the site.
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Stephen Chalke is just about our favourite cricket author on Cricket Web, and he has not let us down with another great read, in The Way It Was.
Another mouth watering collectable for the cricket book aficionado
A special feature on one of the most famous of all cricketing publications, from a man who has every edition.
Lobsters, where are they? Apart from Trevor Chappell the art is indeed lost, and now illegal
This book was the winner of the William Hill Sports Book of 2008. Read what Martin thought of this most awaited publication.
A book on one over? The mind boggles, but as both Martin and David enjoyed it, I will be purchasing my copy, as it sounds a quality read.
It seems Fairfield Books have produced yet another fine read. Martin reviews their latest offering
Cricket Web’s first cricket book of the year is an instant classic. Martin takes a look for us. Runner Up is Jack Fingleton, easily the best Australian cricket book of the year. Stuart gives a lovely critique.
New Zealand were the fifth country to play Test Cricket back in 1929/30 when an England team lead by Harold Gilligan played a four match series. The purpose of this article is to enable comparisons to be made with the more recent elevations of Zimbabwe and Bangladesh and, perhaps, to stimulate some debate.