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Every cricket lover, for better or worse, has their year. The year it all fell into place or all fell apart. A year of triumph or disaster; of tragedy or comedy. This being cricket, there’s normally a bit of everything. Covering 50 different seasons, from 1934 right up to the weird summer of 2020, a series of journalists, poets, musicians, comedians, and ex-players – plus the odd England captain – have come together to produce a collection of personal essays, using the game of cricket as the backdrop to tell the story of their own Golden Summers. 50 voices for 50 years: each one delving into the year that means the most to them. This is Golden Summers.

When Len Hutton led the MCC to the Caribbean in 1953/54, the series was billed as the 'world championship of cricket' and described later as the most controversial since Bodyline. Who Only Cricket Know provides the first full-length account of this extraordinary tour, where a rollercoaster of a Test series was only half the story.

Renowned cricket writer Scyld Berry has earned a living being paid to avoid the English winter and to visit warm countries to watch cricket. For those who have not been fortunate enough to visit the countries England have toured, and for those who never will, Berry has distilled the essence of each country and its cricket.

A quiz book from the Blizzard, the intelligent football magazine. The questions are deliberately hard – this is The Blizzard – and we reckon they are the ultimate football quiz. In true Blizzard fashion, expect questions from all round the globe, from the Asian Cup and the Cup of Nations to the European Championship and the Copa América.

Like everybody else at Torpedo Moscow, Vanya loves Eduard Streltsov, the dashing young striker who scores hatfuls of goals. But on the eve of the 1958 World Cup, Streltsov is arrested and Vanya has to reconsider everything. Streltsov is a story of fandom and celebrity, of booze and paranoia, of two men who can only really understand the world.

With one ball left of the World Cup final, England needed five runs to win. Mo stood in the middle of the pitch as Jos Buttler whispered in his ear: “If anyone can do it, it’s you.” Mo shook his head modestly and wandered back to the stumps. He tapped his bat twice on the ground and watched as Pat Cummins sprinted in: it was going to be a bouncer, he knew it would be a bouncer…“Mo Akeel.” Mo snapped back to reality. “Are you listening?” Ah. School. He nodded his head at Miss Joseph and tried to look interested. He glanced at the board and narrowed his eyes. Trigonometry. On a Friday. Some teachers had a very weird sense of humour.Thus starts the story of an ordinary Birmingham schoolkid in modern Britain. The story focuses on many of the themes prevalent in today’s society – religion, racism, bullying, equality and diversity. Told with real passion and skill, it will be an inspiration for a generation of young schoolchildren as they make their way in the world.

Paul Edwards is a beautiful writer. He can express the moods and emotions of a day as well as anyone. And his love for the game – and those involved in it – pours off every page of this book. But because he has interests far beyond the boundary – in politics and people, in music and history – he is as likely to quote Mott the Hoople as Herman Melville; as likely to cite the repeal of the corn laws as regulations regarding Kolpak registrations. His work is all the richer and more satisfying for it. He knows that not everything that counts can be counted. He knows you can’t define love or loyalty or a million things in between. So he tells us how a day’s play feels. He tells us about the people and places. He tells us why it matters but knows it doesn’t matter too much.

Imagine if you had been watching Test cricket, in person, for 66 years. You’d have seen Mankad taking on Trueman and Laker, Compton and Edrich in their golden summer, and Lindwall and Miller showing off their sublime skills. You’d have watched the typhoon Tyson, the stoic Cowdrey, Dexter and May, the genius of Sobers and the great Indian spinners. You’d have witnessed those great classic batsmen, Richards, Gower and Cook scoring centuries. You’d have seen Hadlee, McGrath, Warne and Anderson steaming in. Under her gaze are the famous Englishmen of the 50s, piling on the runs and dominating with spin in perfect home conditions. Here are the controversies of the 60s: the throwing debate, the lethal pitch at Lord’s, the banishment of the South African team. Here are the snarling Australians of the 70s, bouncing and bruising their way to the Ashes with Lillee and Thomson unleashed. Here are the wondrous West Indians of the 80s, sweeping all before them. The Queen witnessed it all – and this Christmas, you can relive every moment as she saw it.

One Day At A Time uses selected matches from the past 60 years to tell the story of limited-overs cricket. One-day cricket arrived as a formalised part of the calendar in 1963 with the launch of the Gillette Cup in England. The development of the limited-overs game is at the heart of the sport’s evolution, from the introduction of multi-national competition to the 21st-century phenomenon of franchise-based 20-over leagues. ‘One-day internationals’ found their way into the sport’s lexicon from 1971 and the first men’s World Cup was staged in 1975, while India’s surprise success in the 1983 edition was responsible for changing the landscape of the world’s most cricket-mad country and the global game’s balance of power.The need for an even more abbreviated version of the sport saw Twenty20 cricket introduced in England in 2003. Once again, it was Indian success on the world stage that sparked a game-changing revolution that resulted in the Indian Premier League and a year-round series of franchise-led competitions in all parts of the world.The matches featured in One Day At A Time include the first Lord’s final; the ‘underarm’ outrage in Australia; extraordinary innings by Richards, Tendulkar and Gayle; tales of match-fixing; the greatest day in the women’s game; and, of course, England’s elusive first 50-over triumph.

When the first lockdown came, finding himself without cricket for the first time in his life, Geoffrey Boycott sat down and began to write a retrospective warts-and-all diary of each of his Test match appearances. It is illuminating and unsparing, characterised by Boycott’s astonishing memory, famous forthrightness and unvarnished, sometimes lacerating, honesty. That 100,000 word document forms the basis for Being Geoffrey Boycott, a device that takes the reader inside Geoffrey’s head and back through cricket history, presenting a unique portrait of the internal and external forces that compelled him from a pit village in Yorkshire to the pinnacle of the world game. Now 81 and still one of the most recognisable cricketers England has ever produced, Boycott has teamed up with award-winning author Jon Hotten in this catalogue of his tumultuous time with the national side. Dropped for scoring a slow double hundred, making himself unavailable to play for England for several years, captain for eight seasons of a group of strong, stroppy and extremely talented players at Yorkshire, bringing up his hundredth hundred at Headingley against the Old Enemy, seeing David Gower and Ian Botham emerge as future greats, playing under Mike Brearley in the 1981 Ashes, in this enlightening book Boycott reveals a host of never-before-heard details regarding his peers and his playing days.

The golden age of this type of story has now passed. The reasons are obvious. Chief among them is the earning power of top players, both from central contracts and on the franchise Twenty20 circuit, as well as the fact that international and franchise schedules increasingly impinge upon the UK summer. These stories are not entirely obsolete, however, although they will most often involve players taking their first steps on the road to superstardom, future stars before they became household names. Then there are players in the twilight of their careers, if not former stars then certainly with their highest peaks behind them. And between the springtime baby steps and the autumnal last knockings, there are a clutch of chapters involving cricketers in their high-summer pomp, living legends treading the league cricket boards. These magical stories are unique to cricket. And yet no one has collected them in one place. Until now.

The 44th edition of The Cricketers’ Who’s Who tells you all you need to know about every player from all 18 counties and includes an expanded women’s section to take in the growing number of professional female cricketers as well as the England Women squad.Close to 500 players have answered questions ranging from the greatest performance they have ever witnessed to their lives away from cricket, giving readers an exclusive insight into everyone who will be competing this summer. Detailed career statistics are included for each player, plus there is a round-up of the 2022 season, including tables, averages and MVPs. There are profiles of all the head coaches, a look at how each county is shaping up for the new season, and fixture lists for the England men’s and women’s teams. Plus Worcestershire captain Brett D’Oliveira reflects on his own unique path into the game and speculates on how Bazball is impacting county cricket.

As a cricketer, Frank Worrell mesmerised spectators with his stylish play, his elegance and his classy strokes – an artist in a realm replete with talent. Apart from that finesse on the field, he epitomised the sporting characteristics associated with the finer aspects of the game: the spirit of cricket. He relentlessly advocated for more equitable playing conditions; rebuking the many discriminatory practices that still plague sport. He was the first black man to be officially appointed West Indian captain for the famous 1960–61 tour of Australia, but he had been regarded as its de facto leader throughout the 1950s. What set Worrell apart was his natural air of authority. He did not need to be in a leadership position to manifest it, and this characteristic defined his life. By the time his international playing days were over after his final Test in England in 1963, he had become an icon as a West Indian leader, whose qualities of grace and wisdom framed him as the ideal representative of a society still constructing its identity. While this biography looks at his cricket, its primary focus is examining the nature of this enigmatic and charismatic figure, whose personal journey altered many of the existing concepts of what it meant to be West Indian. For much of his career he was plagued by insecurities and haunted by traumas, embittered by inequities within the social structures that dominated regional life. Yet he was a natural mentor, who generously shared his wisdom and experience with everyone who came into his sphere. If contemporary cricketers and administrators could have access to the kind of unconventional coaching he provided, it would make a world of difference to the approach to development, especially within the West Indies. All around the Caribbean, monuments have been erected to celebrate him, yet given the amnesiac quality of memory, it is likely that they stand in name only, without context, for a generation whose history has practically disappeared without a trace of its legacy. This biography, a result of years of research, will shed some light on the life and legacy of Sir Frank Mortimer Maglinne Worrell, and his impact on a world that needs heroes more than ever.

Sports fans around the world were enthralled when Australia beat South Africa in that famous World Cup semi-final at Edgbaston in 1999. Among them, in a bar in Cyprus, were two holidaying Icelanders, Ragnar and Stefán. It was the first time they’d seen cricket, but they returned home determined to teach the game to their friends. They didn’t know the rules, own any kit, or have a team to play against – but they were determined to form Iceland’s first national cricket team.From Lord’s to the Fjords is the uproarious tale of cricket in Iceland: how the national press believed a stag party from Oxford were the official England team, how Sky Sports accidentally sent a crew to televise an Icelandic Cricket Cup final that didn’t exist, how the lead singer of Iron Maiden flew a passenger jet into a match under the midnight sun, how Henry Blofeld umpired in a blizzard on top of an ice cap, how the Iceland team was sold to the world’s public and became a viral Twitter sensation (incurring the wrath of Jofra Archer), how an Icelandic ‘mystery spinner’ signed for an Indian Premier League team, how the Iceland team fulfilled their dreams by playing their first international match – and how historical evidence proves that the Vikings were absolutely, definitely playing cricket in the tenth

With a burgeoning reputation as one of the fastest bowlers in the land, Ellcock’s hopes of playing Test cricket for England were cruelly thwarted by injury. Plunged into depression and forced to pursue another career, a childhood interest in aviation was to be his salvation. Ellcock relocated to the USA and qualified as a commercial airline pilot, becoming the first black captain with Virgin Atlantic. Ellcock’s autobiography is unsparing and hard-hitting, revealing as it does a lifetime spent overcoming biases, prejudices and racism, not to mention being saved from death by receiving four life-saving brain operations in the space of eight weeks. Balls to Fly charts one man’s extraordinary story of determination, endeavour and resilience. The book is a fascinating journey through the ups and downs of Ellcock’s singular story, describing how• He used to be driven to school by the Prime Minister of Barbados• He rapidly went from bowling a cricket ball to his friends to earning a scholarship at one the UK’s most prestigious public schools at just 15 years of age• The reaction of county team-mates when he turned up to make his first-class cricket debut whilst wearing school uniform• The cruellest of luck with injury sabotaged his hopes of playing Test cricket for England• The dedication involved in retraining as an airline pilot and the pride in becoming Virgin Atlantic’s first black captain, as well as being in US airspace just before the 9/11 terrorist attacks• How he was saved from death by four brain operations within eight weeks• Biases, prejudices and racism, Ellcock is often excoriating and unflinchingly honest

Who Only Cricket Know tells the story of the second most controversial tour in English cricket history after Bodyline and has not been revisited since two tour books came out in the immediate aftermath. The cricket is dramatic, the key characters fascinating, and it is awash with incidents on and off the field, many of them involving race and social class. This was the first tour in which MCC travelled by plane (although they returned home on the boat) and the first in they were captained by a professional player – Len Hutton. It was also Hutton’s Yorkshire teammate Fred Trueman’s debut tour and for the opposition, the Three Ws were in their pomp and a young man called Garfield Sobers made his international bow.David Woodhouse has meticulously researched every aspect of the tour as well as carrying out a number of interviews, retaining the nuances and subtleties of the different levels of the story. He takes us through the lead-up to the tour, the warm-up games and the five Test matches, as well as the recriminations that took place both at Lord’s and in the West Indies in the tour’s aftermath.

The 45th edition of The Cricketers’ Who’s Who tellsyou everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 counties and includes an indepthwomen’s section to take in the growing number of professional female cricketers as well as theEngland Women squad.Nigh on 500 players have answered questions ranging from the greatest performance they have everwitnessed to their lives away from cricket, giving readers an exclusive insight into everyone whowill be competing this summer. Detailed career statistics are included for each player, plus there is around-up of the 2023 season, including tables, averages and MVPs.There are profiles of all the head coaches, a look at how each county is shaping up for the new season,and fixture lists for the England men’s and women’s teams. Plus Lancashire captain Keaton Jennings,who can now count Aussie legend Nathan Lyon in the ranks, reflects on the game and the joys ofplaying county cricket.

What - you may ask is the point of an English perspective on French sport? In David Owen's own words,"you might just as well seek out a sea otter's take on kabuki". Nevertheless, having lived upwards of ten percent of his life in France, and a lot more than that immersed in French grammar, current affairs and culture,he offers exactly that in this entertaining new book.Drawing on examples from the past six centuries, the author explores sport's philosophical standing inFrance's cultural DNA; its role in the popularisation of the Republic; the birth of the Olympics, the Tour deFrance and the football World Cup; French pre-eminence at real tennis and truffle hunting; and - of course -'la difference' between British and French attitudes to sport.

The trueuntouchables of sport possess a kind of mystery, and Lara – thrillseeker, record holder, genius – stands as perhapscricket’s deepest enigma, at once a beautifully free strokemaker whose creativity captured an era, and an often torturedpresence at the heart of a faltering West Indies side as the great teams of the past faded from view.He saved his best work for England. His two world-record Test innings both came against them, ten years apart. Hisotherworldly 501*, the highest score in cricket history, took place in Birmingham. Even his final game for the WestIndies came against England.He understood what was at stake, what he stood for. Lara saw himself as a torchbearer for generations of revolutionarycricketers from the Caribbean stretching back through the ages, their deeds reilluminated with flashes of his own. Itwas against this backdrop that Lara produced some of the most extraordinary batting ever seen on the cricket field.“I could always feel those moments in my bones,” he writes. “When our prowess on the cricket field was used to helpin the fight for independence from our colonial masters.”Thirty years since his first world record, and twenty since he reclaimed it with Test cricket’s only quadruple century,Lara is ready to tell his own story: the incomparable highs and harrowing lows of a life lived on the edge.

As the 1975edition of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack put it, “Never in the ninety-eight years of Test cricket have batsmenbeen so grievously bruised and battered by ferocious, hostile short-pitched balls as were those led conscientiouslyby Mike Denness.” Led by tearaway speedsters Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, the Australian bowling attackterrorised the tourists during the six-match series – by the end of the first Test, two English batsmen had sufferedbroken bones. There was plenty more suffering to follow as the Aussies blitzed their way to a 4-1 victory.When Bob Dylan released his album Blood on the Tracks a few days after the Ashes had been surrendered itcould have been timed deliberately to provide a future author with a book title that reflected events in Australia.Instead of songs reflecting a “bleak fatalistic view of love”, as one reviewer described it, the album might havebeen expected to deliver stories of broken bones and frightening near misses. For that was the narrative of thedoomed attempt by the England team to retain the urn in the face of a barrage of some of the most intimidatingfast bowling ever witnessed.Nearly 50 years after Dylan’s generosity, David Tossell’s book offers a gripping and forensic account of thisuniquely frightening and wince-inducing Australian summer and the indelible mark it left on cricket.

Britain in 1926 was a troubled country. Revolution was in the air as the catastrophicafter-effects of the First World War continued. A General Strike in May soon ended, but it left a legacy ofbitterness and recrimination. Millions of workers across many industries were sacked or locked out, andcoal mining came to a standstill. Poverty was widespread, but it lived alongside plenty.Against this backdrop Australia's cricketers arrived to defend the Ashes that they had won decisively in allthree series since the war. Cricket in England, like everything else, was still recovering after the conflict.The whole population was desperate for success as interest in the matches transcended class and status.At every venue crowds queued all night to watch the Tests. They were rewarded with great individualperformances from some of the greatest players of all time - and it all went down to the wire. The Ashesdepended on the final Fifth Test, to be played to a finish. The country held its collective breath.

Unlike other sports, cricket - and especially the club cricket of England and the British Isles - allowsrecreational players to rub shoulders with international stars and even superstars in a fully competitivecontext, providing them with some of the most cherished memories of their lives.As in the first book, Scott Oliver has assembled two stellar XIs including legendary figures such as MuttiahMuralitharan, Dennis Lillee, Lance Gibbs, Abdul Qadir, Allan Border, Learie Constantine, Javed Miandadand many more, cult heroes such as Jesse Ryder, and even the club cricket story of one of England's earliestgreats, SF Barnes.These magical stories are unique to cricket. And yet no one has collected them in one place. Until now.The first volume of Sticky Dogs and Stardust was named the Wisden Book of the Year in 2024, also earningOliver the title of JM Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year and nominations for the Cricket Society and MCCBook of the Year 2024, and the Sports Book Awards 2024.

The 46th edition tells you everything you need to know about every single player from all 18 counties and includes anin-depth women’s section to take in the growing number of professional female cricketers within thenew domestic structure.Nigh-on 600 players have answered questions ranging from the opponent they most enjoy playingagainst to their lives away from cricket, giving readers an exclusive insight into everyone who will becompeting this summer. Detailed career statistics are included for each player, plus there is a round-upof the 2024 season, including tables, averages and MVPs.There are profiles of all the head coaches, a look at how each county is shaping up for the new season,and fixture lists for the England men’s and women’s teams, while this year’s foreword comes courtesy ofSurrey captain Rory Burns fresh from leading his club to a third successive Championship title.

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.

From coaching cricket at a local school to winning the West of England amateur bodybuilding title three times – whatever Syd has set his mind to achieving, he has usually done so with great skill and a flourish.However in June 2024, Syd was forced to accept a fresh challenge, and one that he simply can not over come. Following months of inconclusive tests in a Bristol hospital, he was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Already left without the use of his legs, he had to face a new reality that would mean a deterioration across the rest of his body, a loss of independence, the requirement of carers, and gradually the loss of his voice. For a once power fully built athlete with booming voice to match, this was a particularly cruel fate, knowing all his physical abilities would be stripped away from him bit by bitBefore his voice disappeared completely and he was forced to rely on a voice bank for communication, Syd committed to telling his extraordinary life story. This book is the culmination of that decision, detailing the most recent months since his diagnosis, alongside the memories of his 61 years so far – a life well-lived, full of surprising stories

An attacking and often thrilling batter who amassed more than 17,000 runs and18 centuries in professional cricket, he will forever be remembered as a cricketing trailblazer but this new book is about much more than his most famous achievement. As Butcher himself puts it, “More than just a story of cricket, Breaking Barriers is an exploration of identity, belonging, and the enduring power of perseverance”With honesty, warmth and humour, Butcher opens up about his life beyond the pitch, including the many obstacles he has overcome. Charting and exploring his Barbadian roots, moving to England, the highs and lows of representing England, his ongoing battle against prejudice, his return to Barbados and his life beyond cricket, Breaking Barriers is an honest and thoughtful memoir that offers fresh insight into one man’s unique career and the era in which he played.

from James Lillywhite, promoter and manager as well as captain, to Mike Brearley who' illumined the art of captaincy'. Along the way there are characters and incidents aplenty - the towering WG Grace, the complex Stoddart, Jardine of Bodyline repute and the professional Hutton, Gibson's own favourite. They are all brought to life against the fascinating backdrop of English social history.No-one with any feeling for cricket can fail to be intrigued and enchanted by this study of a group of men who, in holding the responsibility of leading England, have, in Gibson's words, 'produced more pleasure than pain, and even (not quite the same thing) done more good than harm'As well as reproducing the original text, this new edition contains 16 freshly chosen pages of pictures and a 14-page appendix of notes and biographical details of all the captains.

Documenting how the game roused itself in the build-up to the 2005 Ashes, Giles brings an astute eye to the madness of that unforgettable summer, offering the inside track on a series that would irrevocably change the course of English cricket. At times poignant and heartrending, this is a deeply intimate portrayal of a sportsman on the edge, surviving the enemies of self-doubt and imposter syndrome to remain a constant presence in the combustible dressing rooms of Pietersen, Flintoff, Vaughan and Hussain.Based on personal writings stretching back to his early days as a rookie at Warwickshire, this is the story of a singular cricketer, one whose resilience and inner steel propelled him time and again to the gates of sporting history.

He is one of the few English players with a first-class average of 40 or more not to have won a Test cap. But for a ruptured Achilles, he was told he would have been called up against West Indies in 1995.After retiring as a player aged 36, he forged a successful career as an international coach, with stints in a variety of countries including South Africa, Kenya, Scotland, England and New Zealand. As the Black Caps national coach, he led them to the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2010. His last major appointment was director of cricket for Afghanistan, where he coached for nearly six years until an MRSA infection in a toe led to the amputation of his left leg in 2020. Undeterred by the limitations of a prosthetic leg, he now coaches The Bahamas on a part-time basis.This is a heart-warming tale of someone revered for his positivity in the face of tough challenges and, at times, rotten luck.