‘A brilliant commentary on the life of a county cricketer.’ (Mike Selvey, Guardian) ‘Terrific.’ (Harold Pinter) This is Simon Hughes’s best-selling memoir about the county game that won the William Hill Sports Book of...
Simon Hughes looks at the latest in test match, one-day international and county cricket, including frame-by-frame pictorial acconts of batting and bowling techniques, past golden moments from English Cricket Board archives, interviews with today’s...
This is a wry, acerbic and very funny trip around the world offering real insights into national and cricketing cultures while exploring male attitudes to sex, love and marriage and ultimately revealing what constitutes...
No other sport has a fixture like the Ashes. From the early 1880s the rivalry between these two great sporting nations has captured the public imagination and made sporting legends of its stars. Commentator,...
The greatest multi-racial gathering the cricket world has ever seen assembles today in Nairobi for the launch of the 1994 ICC Trophy. The carrot for 350 cricketers from five continents is not only the chance...
MIKE ATHERTON (capt) Can become a very good captain – already handles problem of the media with aplomb. Adhesive opening bat. Doesn’t conform to the Lancashire traits of expensive hairdos and flashy suits. Can...
