My sporting life
£10.99Michael Parkinson recalls his sporting life in this amusing memoir full of personality, anecdotes and insight.
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Legacy
£20.00Nick Compton has an incredible sporting ancestry. A literal golden boy, his grandfather Denis Compton played cricket for England and football for Arsenal. Honed at an elite English boarding school, with a telegenic profile perfectly suited to the modern media environment, Nick appeared to be blessed with that rare ability to be able to stride out and face down the world’s quickest bowlers, to survive and thrive in the danger zone of the hurtling new ball. However, greatness in any field comes at a price and this gripping memoir explores the almost ‘Faustian pact’ he made in order to secure that time in the sun as a key member of an England team alongside such greats as Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ben Stokes.
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On the ashes
£22.00In ‘On The Ashes’, Gideon Haigh, today’s pre-eminent cricket writer, has captured over a century and half of Anglo-Australian cricket, from WG Grace to Don Bradman, from Bodyline to Jim Laker’s 19-wicket match, from Ian Botham’s miracle at Headingley to the phenomena of Patrick Cummins and Ben Stokes, today’s Ashes captains. From over three decades of covering The Ashes, Gideon has brought together an enduring vision of this timeless contest between Australia and England – the world’s oldest sporting rivalry – from the colonial era to the present day.
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Turning over the pebbles
£22.00‘If you go on like this, you’ll do nothing but play cricket all your life’. These were the exasperated words of Mike Brearley’s mother, as he once again tracked mud into the house after a long day playing outdoors. They were also an unknowing prediction, for Brearley’s is a life that has always been closely intertwined with cricket. One of England’s finest cricket captains, Mike Brearley looks back on a lifetime of the sport, from joyful childhood games to his captaincy in the 1981 Ashes home series, leading England to one of their most famous victories. A trained psychoanalyst, Brearley seamlessly blends reflection on his sporting life with introspections on literature, religion and leadership, reflecting on his experiences both on and off the field.
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The wicked wit of cricket
£10.99Packed with cricket’s greatest stories, from both on and off the field, famous quips, insults, pranks, mishaps, incredible facts and outrageous incidents – perfect for the cricket nut in your home.
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Sticky dogs and stardust
£20.00No other sport offers up stories quite like the ones collected in Sticky Dogs and Stardust. Only cricket allows recreational players to rub shoulders with international stars and even superstars in a fully competitive context, providing them with some of the most cherished memories of their lives.
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Bat, ball and field
£9.99Bat, Ball and Field is a wonderful foray into the history and culture of cricket.
‘Hotten is not just good, he is one of the best’ Cricketer
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My Sporting Life
£20.00This title charts legendary broadcaster Sir Michael Parkinson’s love of cricket, football and family throughout his life. Reflecting on his sporting life, he touches on his relationship with the late Shane Warne, who he was the first to interview in long form, and recalls his friendship with the legends of sport.
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Ten to Win…And the Last Man in
£10.99Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes us on a charming journey through cricket’s closest test matches.
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The Wood Life
£20.00From a one-of-a-kind England cricketer comes a one-of-a-kind self-help book. The kind no one knew they needed – until now!
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Cricketing Lives
£11.99Cricket is defined by the characters who have played it, watched it, reported it, ruled upon it, ruined it and rejoiced in it. Humorous and deeply affectionate, ‘Cricketing Lives’ tells the story of the world’s greatest and most incomprehensible game through those who have shaped it, from the rustic contests of eighteenthcentury England to the spectacle of the Indian Premier League. It’s about W.G. Grace and his eye to his wallet; the invincible Viv Richards; and Sarah Taylor, ‘the best wicketkeeper in the world – male or female’. Paying homage, too, to the game’s great writers, Richard H. Thomas steers a course through the despair of war, tactical controversies and internecine politics, to reveal how cricket has always stormed back to warm our hearts like nothing else can.