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Index
About the Book
About the Author
Title Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
The Illustrations
Foreword by Rt Hon Sir John Major KG CH
Preface
Chapter 1: The Great Controversies
Sir Donald Bradman: Farewell to Cricket
Duncan Hamilton: Harold Larwood
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 1934: The Bowling Controversy – Text of the Cables
Sydney J. Southerton’s Analysis
Christopher Douglas: Jardine, A Spartan Cricketer
Basil D’Oliveira: The Basil D’Oliveira Affair
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack 2012: The Obituary of Basil D’Oliveira
Sir Derek Birley: A Social History of English Cricket
David Tossell: Grovel! The Story and Legacy of the Summer of 1976
Paul Nixon: Keeping Quiet: The Autobiography
Martin Johnson: Can’t Bat, Can’t Bowl, Can’t Field
Ed Hawkins: Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy: A Journey to the Heart of Cricket’s Underworld
Vaibhav Purandare: Sachin Tendulkar: The Definitive Biography
Gideon Haigh: Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and its Discontents
Steve James: The Plan: How Fletcher and Flower Transformed English Cricket
Chapter 2: The Greatest Test Matches
Richie Benaud: A Tale of Two Tests: With Some Thoughts on Captaincy
Ray Robinson: The Wildest Tests
Denzil Batchelor: Games of a Lifetime
Rob Steen: 500–1: The Miracle of Headingley ’81
Mike Brearley: The Art of Captaincy
Chapter 3: The Professional
Leo McKinstry: Jack Hobbs: England’s Greatest Cricketer
Max Davidson: We’ll Get ’Em in Sequins: Manliness, Yorkshire Cricket and the Century That Changed Everything
John Arlott: Fred: Portrait of a Fast Bowler
Chris Waters: Fred Trueman: The Authorised Biography
Amol Rajan: Twirlymen: The History of Cricket’s Greatest Spin Bowlers
Geoffrey Boycott: Boycott On Cricket
Mike Brearley: The Art of Captaincy
Simon Wilde: Ian Botham: The Power and the Glory
Phil Tufnell: The Autobiography: What Now?
Simon Hughes: A Lot of Hard Yakka
Matthew Hayden: Standing My Ground
Chapter 4: Gentlemen and Players
Geoffrey Moorhouse: The Best Loved Game
Harry Pearson: Slipless in Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket
Harry Thompson: Penguins Stopped Play
Marcus Berkmann: Rain Men: The Madness of Cricket
Marcus Berkmann: Zimmer Men: The Trials and Tribulations of the Ageing Cricketer
Michael Simkins: Fatty Batter: How Cricket Saved My Life (Then Ruined It)
R. Chandrasekar: The Goat, the Sofa and Mr Swami
Chapter 5: The Pen is Mightier Than the Bat
Sir John Major: More Than A Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years
R. C. Robertson-Glasgow: 46 Not Out
Sir Neville Cardus: Days in the Sun
Richie Benaud: Willow Patterns
John Arlott: Indian Summer
Timeri N. Murari: The Taliban Cricket Club
Gideon Haigh: Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and its Discontents
Christopher Martin-Jenkins: CMJ: A Cricketing Life
Picture Section
Footnotes
Acknowledgements
Also by Jonathan Agnew
Read on for an extract from Thanks, Johnners. Out now
Copyright
About the Publisher
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