Cricket Changed My Life

Eleven Personal Journeys

Inbunden, Engelska, 2025

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Beskrivning

From a Pakistani teenager left for dead by terrorists to England’s first black international cricketer,from journalists and broadcasters who have battled adversity to forge careers in cricket to a pair ofSyrian refugees, and from one of England’s greatest all-rounders to the inimitable David ‘Bumble’Lloyd, Chave writes about the lives of eleven very different people for whom the game of cricket hasbeen transformative.Through wide-ranging and illuminating interviews, the author delves deep into the (oftenunpredicted)life-enhancing properties of cricket, revealing, in some cases, its power to reclaim liveslived on the brink of despair.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2025-04-11
Mått:156 x 234 x 21 mm
Vikt:444 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Trinorth Ltd
ISBN:9781915237514

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Bollsport inom Sport, fritid och hobby

Mer om författaren

Annie Chave has written extensively on cricket over the past seven years, for most ofwhich she has been part of the commentary team for the independent radio station, Guerilla Cricket. For thelast two summers she has been the third voice for the BBC commentary team at Somerset CCC. She is theeditor of County Cricket Matters, a quarterly magazine celebrating the county game, and a regular columnistfor The Cricket Paper. She is a Cricket Society committee member and, for the past two years, a judge for theCricket Writers’ Club book of the year.

Recensioner i media

Praise for Cricket Changed My Life: “An uplifting and joyous read, capturing – at times with stunningemotion – the power of cricket to transform lives.” Stephen Chalke