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Good Cricket Books

  • 22-04-2010 9:00pm
    #1
    Rjd2
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    What it says in the title!

    Any good recomendations?


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  • #2
    schemingbohemia
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    as in memoirs or how to play?

    i really enjoyed penguins stopped play
    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Penguins-Stopped-Play-Village-Cricketers/dp/0719563461/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1272034704&sr=8-1

    haven't read to many (any) others, though am looking through bob woolmers art and science of cricket and a book on spin bowling neither of which have helped!


  • #3
    Rjd2
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    schemingbohemia wrote: »
    as in memoirs or how to play?

    !


    Doesn’t matter really as long as they are cricket related!


  • #4
    TheDrog
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    Fatty Batter by Michael Simkins
    Batting on the Bosphurus by Angus Bell

    Both very good

    also enjoyed
    Under the Southern Cross: The Autobiography of David Boon


  • #5
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Books Blog and magazines by jarrod kimber are very funny. His Blog is cricket with balls, one of his books is ashes 09 when freddie became jesus. Cant think of name of mag off top of head but very funny. Its links from his Blog anyway.


  • #6
    booth70
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    Playing with fire: The Autobio of Nasser Hussain is an enjoyable read


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  • #7
    TrueDub
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    "Penguins stopped play" and "Fatty Batter" are both excellent, as is the original of this style of book, "Rain Men".

    "The art of Captaincy" by Mike Brearley is a fascinating read, although it's more about psychology than cricket.

    Most things written by Gideon Haigh are worth a read.

    "Boycs" by someone McKinstry is an excellent study of Geoff Boycott.

    Simon Hughes' "Hard Yacca" is superb, although his other books tend to wane in quality.


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