As we continue our look at Ashes books, David takes us from 1946/47 until the late 1970s, the period of the schism between World Series Cricket and the official game
CRICKET BOOKS
After last week’s look at the earliest Ashes books we move on to the interwar period and examine the written archive that exists.
Ashes series have more literature dedicated to their history then any other international contest in the world. Over the coming weeks we will review the Ashes tour books. We start with 1882 to 1914
Although it has been a while since Stephen Chalke’s last book appeared it seems from Martin’s review that, like Sachin Tendulkar’s batting, his writing is as good as ever.
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. For some reason Archie’s review of this collection of soundbites and epigrams put me in mind of that old adage.
As tension mounts during another Ashes ‘phoney war’ Archie reviews the newly published autobiography of a man England are delighted will be absent when the hostilities begin.
With that time of year bearing down on us again Martin and David have been looking at a book that may well prove to be a popular gift for the cricket lover
This, and “Brightly Fades The Don”, are two of my favourite cricket book titles. “Brightly Fades The Don” is considered a classic – let us see what Archie thought of “The Hand That Bowled Bradman”.
An important new book by Mark Rowe has just been published. Martin and David have both been reading it and, it seems, they were not disappointed.
This week Martin looks at a book published last year in Alec Stewart’s name. It’s fair to say he wasn’t overly impressed, but did see some merit in it.