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Post by Admin on Apr 4, 2022 18:18:37 GMT
A thread to recommend good cricket books to read
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Post by chris on Apr 7, 2022 7:48:22 GMT
The last few I've read and enjoyed are
Colin Shindler's book: Bob Barber - The Professional Amateur
Andrew Searle: SF Barnes - His Life and Times
Colin Milburn: Largely Cricket
Graeme Fowler: Mind over Batter
Ronnie Irani: No Boundaries
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Post by hariseldon on Apr 10, 2022 20:32:24 GMT
I'm look forward to Wisden Cricketer Alamanack 2022 which will be in the shops from 21st April.
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Post by Admin on Apr 11, 2022 9:03:09 GMT
Presently reading the final innings by Christopher Sandford
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Apr 18, 2022 2:07:35 GMT
Read Test Outcast by Roy Marshall for the first time in 40+ years recently, forgotten how good a read it was.
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Post by Admin on Apr 18, 2022 5:44:34 GMT
Marshall always scored runs against us and if I'm correct teh last white West Indian test cricketer until Josh Da Silva.
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Post by chris on Apr 18, 2022 6:15:52 GMT
Marshall always scored runs against us and if I'm correct teh last white West Indian test cricketer until Josh Da Silva.
Used to be common, even as captain, when the University educated led most teams |
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Post by Admin on Apr 18, 2022 6:32:06 GMT
Good spot although Nash wasn't technically a West Indian being born in Western Australia.
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Apr 18, 2022 11:33:37 GMT
Vaguely recall certain sections of the West Indian media focused more on the fact that Lionel Baker who made his debut in the same game as Nash became the first player from Montserrat to represent the West Indies in Test cricket.
Maybe it was because as Admin has mentioned he was born in Australia and they didn't consider him to be a West Indian, maybe they all wrote for the Montserrat Chronicle or the Leeward Island monthly(if such publications exist)
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Post by Admin on Apr 18, 2022 11:36:08 GMT
On a personal view rate Da Silva highly
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Post by Butter_Fingers on Apr 18, 2022 12:29:26 GMT
Seconded, Ridley Jacobs and Denesh Ramdin were useful wicketkeeper/batsman, but it looks in Da Silva the Windies may well have found the new Jeffrey Dujon.
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Post by hariseldon on Apr 30, 2022 14:50:44 GMT
I'm look forward to Wisden Cricketer Alamanack 2022 which will be in the shops from 21st April. I have brought a couple of books recently: Farokh by Colin Evans in which you will find in the club shop, and Hitting Against The Spin How Cricket Really Works by Nathan Leamon and Ben Jones |
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Post by oldhamexile on Jun 6, 2022 15:29:46 GMT
I read the Derek Pringle autobiography recently, enjoyed it immensely. Very honest and I enjoyed the anecdotes from both Essex and England.
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Post by Admin on Jul 8, 2022 5:47:26 GMT
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Post by lancsdes on Jul 8, 2022 11:55:09 GMT
Bit of a limited topic ; sort of thing people pick for Mastermind!
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