This week we have a welcome return for Jon, who reviews what appears to be an outstanding book on the history of cricket in Pakistan
CRICKET BOOKS
It has taken almost half a century since his passing, but it seems that the definitive biography of cricket literature’s most complex character has finally been written
This book is further proof, if such is needed, that there is a rule in cricket literature which states that as soon as you start to believe the last word has been written on the subject of Bodyline another publication that touches and concerns it will appear
From underneath the southern cross we also have a view from The Mac on Frith’s latest
It has been some time since we had a new book from David Frith, but the latest of his many contributions to the literature of the game is amongst his best
Our thanks to Gulu Ezekiel for his help in getting a copy of this new book from a first time author to us – it was certainly worth the effort he put in
This book may be the last one to be published on the subject of cricketing casualties in the Great War, and if so it was certainly worth waiting for
We haven’t reviewed a play before, but there is a first time for everything on this site, as long as it has some cricketing connection of course
Every now and again cricket and baseball come together, and the latest limited edition from Red Rose Books looks back almost 150 years to one such occasion
Not many items of cricket literature merit being described as a coffee table book, but this one certainly does and, at the same time, manages to be a worthy addition to any cricket library