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Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany (Hardcover): Marcus Berkmann Berkmann's Cricketing Miscellany (Hardcover)
Marcus Berkmann 1
R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer Men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain smoked two million cigarettes in his lifetime? Which Australian captain, asked what his favourite animal was, said 'Merv Hughes'? What did Hitler think of cricket? Which National Hunt trainer had a dog called Sobers? Who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps the only unequivocally popular man in Yorkshire'? No other sport is so steeped in oddness and eccentricity. There's the only Test player ever to be executed for murder, the only first-class cricketer to die on the Titanic, and the only bestselling author to catch fire while playing at Lord's. (It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The ball hit a box of matches in his pocket.) All cricket is here, including an XI entirely made up of players who share their names with freshwater fish.

Kevin Pietersen on Cricket - The toughest opponents, the greatest battles, the game we love (Hardcover): Kevin Pietersen Kevin Pietersen on Cricket - The toughest opponents, the greatest battles, the game we love (Hardcover)
Kevin Pietersen 1
R565 Discovery Miles 5 650 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In 2014, Kevin Pietersen's autobiography was one of the most talked about sporting media stories of the year, largely due to the shockwaves it sent through the cricketing establishment. Now, Kevin turns his focus to events on the pitch, offering his views on what it takes to be a successful cricketer in the modern age. This summer's Ashes series has demonstrated just how demanding and unpredictable the game has become, and Kevin is ideally - perhaps uniquely - placed to comment on those developments. In KEVIN PIETERSEN ON CRICKET we'll see exactly how today's player approaches batting, bowling, bowling, captaincy, preparation, and many other aspects of the game itself, through the prism of the author's own experience. We'll see what it's like to face a bowler like Mitchell Johnson at his menacing best, learn how cricketers cope with the challenges presented by foreign climates and conditions, and gain a fresh understanding of how players manage the psychological side of the game.

Punchy's Hampshire Years - Cricket and Dancing (Hardcover): Alan Rayment, Stephen Chalke Punchy's Hampshire Years - Cricket and Dancing (Hardcover)
Alan Rayment, Stephen Chalke
R458 Discovery Miles 4 580 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

'Punchy’s Hampshire Years' tells the story of Alan Rayment’s life from 1949 to 1959, the years when he spent his summers inside the game of cricket. The book, following on from 'Punchy through the Covers', was to be the second of a three-volume autobiography, but sadly Alan Rayment died before he was able to complete it. Stephen Chalke has drawn together the written chapters, as well as notes, taped conversations and other titbits, to complete the story. There are delightful insights into the life of a professional county cricketer in the 1950s, a fascinating account of the successful ballroom dancing business that Alan and his wife Betty developed during those years and powerful descriptions of the life-changing spiritual experiences that led him to leave behind his life in cricket and dance. Even when he spends the summer of 1959 as an assistant coach at Lord’s, Alan’s radical thinking comes to the fore, generating a most surprising tale. In the words of his former Hampshire captain Colin Ingleby-Mackenzie, Alan Rayment had 'great ability and insight into people’s characters' and 'a number of qualities unusual in the normal first-class cricketer’ – and 'Punchy’s Hampshire Years' bears that out. Warmth and humour combine with a free-thinking spirit, ever curious to explore fresh worlds and new ideas, making this a stimulating memoir which is, indeed, much more ‘unusual’ than one by a ‘normal first-class cricketer’.

The Book of Fred - The Most Outrageously Entertaining Book of the Year (Hardcover): Andrew Flintoff The Book of Fred - The Most Outrageously Entertaining Book of the Year (Hardcover)
Andrew Flintoff
R579 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R60 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Boundaries - A Memoir (Hardcover): Roger Knight Boundaries - A Memoir (Hardcover)
Roger Knight; Foreword by Sir Tim Rice, Mike Brearley
R581 Discovery Miles 5 810 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Who Only Cricket Know - Hutton's Men in the West Indies 1953/54 (Hardcover): David Woodhouse Who Only Cricket Know - Hutton's Men in the West Indies 1953/54 (Hardcover)
David Woodhouse
R712 Discovery Miles 7 120 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Cricket Banter - Chat, Sledging and Laughs from The Middle Stump (Paperback): Dan Whiting, Liam Kenna Cricket Banter - Chat, Sledging and Laughs from The Middle Stump (Paperback)
Dan Whiting, Liam Kenna; Foreword by Paul Nixon 1
R232 R213 Discovery Miles 2 130 Save R19 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cricket Banter is all the rage among the cricketing cognoscenti and the chat, the sledging and the humour behind the game is all covered here, by those boys at The Middle Stump, in conjunction with Factor 50. Here we cover most aspects of cricket, as we speak with some of the finest, funniest, larger than life characters from the sport over the last thirty years, along with a selection of hilarious stories about the game. It's a highly amusing book; read it and you'll see why most cricketers, whether from club, county or international level, as well as the sport's most prominent journalists are all talking about those cheeky chaps from The Middle Stump, and their alternative take on the game of cricket.

When Cricket and Politics Collided - 1968 - 1970 Two Years That Changed Test Cricket (Paperback): Richard Thorn When Cricket and Politics Collided - 1968 - 1970 Two Years That Changed Test Cricket (Paperback)
Richard Thorn
R340 R316 Discovery Miles 3 160 Save R24 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

When Cricket and Politics Collided describes one of the most extraordinary periods in the history of English cricket. A meeting on 27 August 1968 to select the players for a MCC winter tour of South Africa started a chain of events which would shake the very foundations of the cricket establishment. Over the next two years tours were cancelled, another abandoned and finally one of the founding Test playing nations banned from international cricket for over twenty years. Remarkably during this upheaval, and at very short notice, two replacement Test series were played. The first between between Pakistan and England, took place in a country where law and order were disintigrating and as a result the tour schedule was changing on an almost daily basis. The players were under enormous stress, their safety genuinely at risk, and even the country's President would soon be deposed. The second, pitted England against the Rest of the World, opponents that many considered to be the strongest ever assembled for an international match. These two series produced some of the most exciting cricket of the period, and yet both are now largely forgotten.

Not Only, But Also - My Life in Cricket (Paperback): Malcolm Nash Not Only, But Also - My Life in Cricket (Paperback)
Malcolm Nash; As told to Richard Bentley
R656 Discovery Miles 6 560 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Malcolm Nash achieved sporting immortality as the bowler hit for a world-record six sixes by the legendary batsman Garry Sobers at Swansea in 1968 but, as Malcolm himself notes, although this single over made his name well-known, it should not define his long and distinguished cricketing career. A highly regarded bowler, Malcolm played over 600 matches for Glamorgan between 1966 and 1983, taking over 1,300 wickets, had an England trial and was unlucky not to receive international recognition. In Not Only, But Also, his sporting memoir published fifty years after the historic day in Swansea, Malcolm not only looks back at that over at St Helen's but also explores and celebrates his wider achievements with ball and bat, painting an intriguing and nostalgic picture of county cricket, and the life of a county cricketer, in the 1960s and 1970s. Described by his friend John Arlott as `a highly skilful manipulator of medium-pace seam bowling', Malcolm's story is of a cricketing life full of excitement and incident. It is a career remembered not only for that single over bowled to the best cricketer in the world, but also by much, much more.

Glamorgan CCC 1888-2012 - Changing Faces (Paperback): Andrew Hignell Glamorgan CCC 1888-2012 - Changing Faces (Paperback)
Andrew Hignell
R427 R389 Discovery Miles 3 890 Save R38 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Glamorgan CCC is Wales' sole representative in the world of county cricket. Formed in 1888, the Club at first faced some difficult years before joining the Minor County Championship in 1897. After a series of successful summers, they were admitted into the first-class game in 1921 but this initially proved a massive step for the Cardiff-based club to take, as defeats became more commonplace than victories. However, after overcoming financial uncertainties in the 1930s, and the loss of their influential captain, Maurice Turnbull, during the Second World War, Glamorgan won the County Championship title in 1948 under Wilf Wooller besides providing a series of players for England teams. The good times continued in the 1960s when they defeated the Australians on back-to-back tours, and lifted the County Championship title again in 1969 under Tony Lewis. Further silverware came Glamorgan's way during the 1990s as they won the Sunday League in 1993 before Matthew Maynard led them to a third Championship in 1997. During the 2000s, the Welsh side lifted the one-day title again in 2002 and 2004, before embarking on a successful stadium development scheme at their headquarters which saw Test cricket come to Wales in July 2009 as Cardiff hosted the Ashes Test between England and Australia. Changing Faces - Glamorgan CCC 1888-2012 celebrates the people who have taken the Club on this remarkable journey and who have worn the Club's colours with pride and distinction. Using a series of team photographs and group images from the Club's archives - many of which have never been previously published - this is a fascinating collection that will greatly appeal to Glamorgan supporters and lovers of Welsh sport in general.

Then Came Massacre - The Extraordinary Story of England's Maurice Tate (Paperback): Justin Parkinson Then Came Massacre - The Extraordinary Story of England's Maurice Tate (Paperback)
Justin Parkinson
R266 R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Save R23 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Sussex and England superstar Maurice Tate's story is one of triumph and fame, controversy and tragedy. In the 1920s and 1930s, the all-rounder was the world's most popular cricketer, famed for his brilliant bowling and broad smile - unlike his infamous cricketing father, whose costly error he more than repaid. In his day, Tate's enormous feet were the subject of a music-hall song, his extra pace considered 'magical'; he's now recognised as the first proper 'seam' bowler. He took almost 2800 first-class wickets and thrilled crowds with rapid-fire sixes and centuries. But along the way he suffered a nervous breakdown at the Bodyline series, and threw beer over Douglas Jardine. After a bitter sacking by Sussex, he became a pub landlord and died in poverty. Recently voted Sussex's greatest ever player, Tate doesn't figure in any more widespread Hall of Fame. It's time to remember this forgotten great of England cricket.

M.S. Dhoni - The Legend's Playbook - Leadership Handbook from the Master of the Craft (Paperback): Bhumika Chandra, Rajat... M.S. Dhoni - The Legend's Playbook - Leadership Handbook from the Master of the Craft (Paperback)
Bhumika Chandra, Rajat Narang
R259 Discovery Miles 2 590 Ships in 10 - 17 working days
The Hitman - The Rohit Sharma Story (Paperback): Vijay Lokapally, G. Krishnan The Hitman - The Rohit Sharma Story (Paperback)
Vijay Lokapally, G. Krishnan
R597 Discovery Miles 5 970 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Honorary Tyke 2020 - Inside Sachin Tendulkar's summer at Yorkshire CCC (Paperback): Thomas Blow The Honorary Tyke 2020 - Inside Sachin Tendulkar's summer at Yorkshire CCC (Paperback)
Thomas Blow
R350 R320 Discovery Miles 3 200 Save R30 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In 1968, Yorkshire County Cricket Club won a record 29th outright County Championship title. Blessed with the talents of Brian Close, Fred Trueman and Geoffrey Boycott, they dominated their opponents through sheer desire, skill and belief. It was a golden era for the club, and no one saw it coming to an end. But over the next few years, everything changed. Yorkshire's star players departed and their rivals benefited from the introduction of overseas professionals like Garry Sobers, Viv Richards and Clive Rice. As they decided only to hire those born within the county, Yorkshire struggled to compete with their contemporaries and became one of the worst-performing teams in the land. It was a dire time for the club. But when a young Sachin Tendulkar arrived at Headingley in April 1992, a revolution began. Through his talent and personality, Yorkshire's first overseas player modernised a failing institution and gained experience that helped him become the greatest international batsman of his generation. This is the story of how a promising 19-year-old became an Honorary Tyke... and, in the process, changed the history of England's most successful club.

Grovel! - The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976 (Paperback): David Tossell Grovel! - The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976 (Paperback)
David Tossell
R372 R338 Discovery Miles 3 380 Save R34 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

When England cricket captain Tony Greig announced that he intended to make the West Indies 'grovel', he lit a fire that burned as intensely as the sunshine that made 1976 one of the most memorable summers in British history. Spurred on by what they saw as a deeply offensive remark, especially from a white South African, Clive Lloyd's touring team vowed to make Greig pay. In Viv Richards, emerging as the world's most exciting batsman, and fast bowlers Michael Holding and Andy Roberts they had the players to do it. Featuring interviews with key figures from English and West Indian cricket, Grovel!: The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976 provides a fascinating study of the events and social issues surrounding one of the sport's most controversial and colourful tours - as well as addressing the decline of West Indies cricket and its loss of support in the new century.

Rosey (Hardcover): Brian Rose, Anthony Gibson Rosey (Hardcover)
Brian Rose, Anthony Gibson; Foreword by Vic Marks 1
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Formed in 1875, Somerset County Cricket Club had a long history of winning nothing when Brian Rose took on the captaincy in 1978. Yet in his six years at the helm they won five trophies and came close to winning several more. With only two further successes since then, those gloriously entertaining summers of Rose’s men – Botham, Richards, Garner, Roebuck, Marks and Denning – remain unrivalled as the Golden Age of Somerset Cricket. Here in 'Rosey' Brian Rose tells the inside story of those years: from his apprenticeship under the extraordinary Brian Close to the sad and acrimonious break-up of the side. Reading his account of it all, it is not hard to understand how his quiet captaincy held together so many strong personalities. Both then and as Director of Cricket in the 2000s, he has been at the heart of so much of what is best about Somerset cricket.

SOMERSET CRICKETERS 1971-2000 (Hardcover): Stephen Hill SOMERSET CRICKETERS 1971-2000 (Hardcover)
Stephen Hill
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Sense of Humour, Sense of Justice (Hardcover): Fred Rumsey Sense of Humour, Sense of Justice (Hardcover)
Fred Rumsey 1
R492 Discovery Miles 4 920 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In this highly entertaining book Fred Rumsey looks back on an eventful life, in which he opened the bowling for England in five Tests, single-handedly advanced the idea of a Professional Cricketers’ Association, pioneered the development of public relations in cricket, played a leading role in the expansion of the Lord’s Taverners and developed cricket and football tournaments in the Caribbean. There is fun aplenty, as befits one who was a friend of comedians Eric Morecambe and Dave Allen, but there is also a sense of social purpose, to be found not only in the years when he took on cricket’s establishment but in his long service to the charity work of the Lord’s Taverners and his close bond with the anti-apartheid South African journalist Donald Woods. From the poignancy of his description of an East End childhood during the Blitz to the wonderfully funny tale of his sharing a hotel room with Geoffrey Boycott, 'Sense of Humour, Sense of Justice' is full of delights – with insights into a rich array of characters, among them David Gower, Bobby Moore, David Frost and his great mate Colin Milburn.

Yuvi (Paperback): Makarand Waingankar Yuvi (Paperback)
Makarand Waingankar
R251 Discovery Miles 2 510 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Cricket, My Brother and Me - Fifty Years Watching English Cricket (Hardcover): Geoff Hart Cricket, My Brother and Me - Fifty Years Watching English Cricket (Hardcover)
Geoff Hart
R488 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R44 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

As a toddler, Geoff plays a straight bat with a frying pan, knocking his brother unconscious. They both survive and go on to share an obsession with cricket. From playing as kids in oversized pads, they become recreational cricketers and devotees of England and Notts. Cricket, My Brother and Me is rich in humorous anecdotes and personal memories of 50 eventful years playing and watching cricket. Accounts of early life as cricketers see the brothers trying to emulate their heroes and failing miserably, finally settling for the role of spectator. Memories include the torture and the glory of watching the Ashes, touring abroad and the more sedate joys of county cricket. The book describes the brothers' fraught first encounter with the Barmy Army and later touring as part of the world's greatest supporters' club. Ardent fans will enjoy the serious reflections on cricket and politics and thoughts on the future of the sport. This is a 'must read' for cricket lovers and for those intrigued as to why cricket can inflame such passion.

A Biography of Rahul Dravid - The Nice Guy Who Finished First (Paperback): Devendra Prabhudesai A Biography of Rahul Dravid - The Nice Guy Who Finished First (Paperback)
Devendra Prabhudesai
R267 Discovery Miles 2 670 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
The Cambridge Companion to Cricket (Paperback): Anthony Bateman, Jeffrey Hill The Cambridge Companion to Cricket (Paperback)
Anthony Bateman, Jeffrey Hill
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Few other team sports can equal the global reach of cricket. Rich in history and tradition, it is both quintessentially English and expansively international, a game that has evolved and changed dramatically in recent times. Demonstrating how the history of cricket and its international popularity is entwined with British imperial expansion, this book examines the social and political impact of the game in a variety of cultural sites: the West Indies, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. An international team of contributors explores the enduring influence of cricket on English identity, examines why cricket has seized the imagination of so many literary figures and provides profiles of iconic players including Bradman, Lara and Tendulkar. Presenting a global panoramic view of cricket's complicated development, its unique adaptability and its political and sporting controversies, the book provides a rich insight into a unique sporting and cultural heritage.

Farokh: The Cricketing Cavalier 2017 - The authorised biography of Farokh Engineer (Paperback): Colin Evans Farokh: The Cricketing Cavalier 2017 - The authorised biography of Farokh Engineer (Paperback)
Colin Evans; Photographs by Christina Pierce 1
R424 R400 Discovery Miles 4 000 Save R24 (6%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

John Arlott, one of cricket's most revered commentators said of Farokh Engineer: "He finds both cricket and life fun; he laughs easily and his jokes are often very funny but he can be grave. His appeals are as loud as anyone's yet off the field he is quietly spoken. As a batsman or wicketkeeper he is aggressive, yet he is a man of consideration and courtesy. There has always been a quality of generosity about his cricket and his way of life." In this new book 'Farokh, The Cricketing Cavalier' Colin Evans, former cricket writer for the Manchester Evening News, looks back at Engineer's career, recalling many magical moments with Lancashire and India though the 1960s and 1970s. "John Arlott summed up Farokh so well," says Evans. ""I watched many of his performances for Lancashire from 1968 to 1976 and he had the ability to lighten up the gloomiest Manchester day, whether on the pitch or off it. Nowadays, 40 years after his retirement from the game, he is still warmly welcomed all over the world as an ambassador for cricket."

Somerset Cricketers 1882-1914 (Hardcover): Stephen Hill Somerset Cricketers 1882-1914 (Hardcover)
Stephen Hill
R536 Discovery Miles 5 360 Ships in 9 - 17 working days
Sweet Shires (Paperback): Dave Morton Sweet Shires (Paperback)
Dave Morton; Photographs by Dave Morton
R314 Discovery Miles 3 140 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

'Sweet Shires' is a book about cricket; it is also a photo-book, with forty-two full-page, high-quality prints.Dave Morton has briefly detailed his own background in the game, from cricket-mad young boy in 1950s Bradford, through teenage years in Staffordshire, and on to thirty summers, and more, as an amateur league player in Manchester. The photographs belong to the author's later years. Follow him on a journey through the sweet green shires of England and Wales. The major grounds are represented here, and the smaller County HQs. There are the 'outgrounds' too, those venues used by County Clubs for occasional matches, or for 2nd XI fixtures. Nor has the grass-roots game been neglected, with many scenic views of club grounds, mostly in the North of England. Each photograph is accompanied by Dave's anecdotes of players and matches fondly remembered, and of his encounters with the eccentric folk who follow the game, away from TV's spotlight.

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