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Index
Title page Dedication page Contents Ramachandra Guha – Introduction John Arlott – Cricket at Worcester: 1938 FROM GRACE TO HUTTON Alan Gibson – Great Men Before Agamemnon C. B. Fry – The Founder of Modern Batsmanship Bernard Darwin – Genial Giant Ray Robinson – The Second Most Famous Beard in Cricket J. H. Fingleton – Never Another Like Victor Bernard Hollowood – The Greatest of Bowlers Ian Peebles – The Colossus of Rhodes Ralph Barker – The American Lillee Neville Cardus – The Millionaire of Spin R. C. Robertson-Glasgow – Three English Batsmen Ronald Mason – Imperial Hammond W. J. O’Reilly – Young Don Bradman J. H. Fingleton – Brightly Fades the Don C. L. R. James – The Black Bradman J. H. Fingleton – My Friend, the Enemy E. W. Swanton – Compton Arrives Alan Ross – Hutton Departs ‘Evoe’ – Can Nothing Be Done? FROM MILLER TO TENDULKAR Ray Robinson – Touch of a Hero Ray Robinson – Much in a Name Ray Robinson – The Original Little Master C. L. R. James – A Representative Man John Arlott – In His Pomp Ray Robinson – Southern Southpaws Frank Keating – Down Under and Out Scyld Berry – Gavaskar Equals Bradman John Woodcock – Kapil’s Devil Donald Woods – Twist Again Martin Johnson – A Man with a Secret Scyld Berry – Botham’s Fastest Hundred Hugh McIlvanney – Black Is Bountiful Frank Keating – Marshall Arts Martin Johnson – King of the Willow B. C. Pires – Emperor of Trinidad Frank Keating – Final Fling for the Fizzer Mike Selvey – Sachin of Mumbai Suresh Menon – Tendulkar of the World Alan Ross – Watching Benaud Bowl LITTLE HEROES A. A. Thomson – Bat, Ball and Boomerang John Arlott – Rough Diamond Neville Cardus – Robinson of Yorkshire David Foot – Character in the Counties Rowland Ryder – The Unplayable Jeeves C. L. R. James – The Most Unkindest Cut Matthew Engel – A Great Fat Man Dale Slater – Abed and Apartheid Philip Snow – The Fijian Botham Sujit Mukherjee – A Jesuit in Patna Neville Cardus – A Shastbury Character Alan Gibson – The Unmasking of a Dashing Oriental Star N. S. Ramaswami – Iverson and the Lesser Arts Richard Cashman – The Celebrated Yabba Hubert Phillips – An Englishman’s Crease MATCHES Ralph Barker – The Demon Against England Neville Cardus – The Ideal Cricket Match C. L. R. James – Barnes v. Constantine J. H. Fingleton – The Best Test I Have Known Richie Benaud – The Last Day at Brisbane Mike Marqusee – David Slays Goliath R. C. Robertson-Glasgow – The One-Way Critic STYLES AND THEMES J. H. Fingleton – The Brilliance of Left-Handers John Arlott – Fast and Furious Ian Peebles – Opening Batsmen John Arlott – Not One to Cover Gerald Brodribb – The Big Hit Ian Peebles – Ballooners Neville Cardus – The Umpire J. H. Fingleton – Cricket Farewells Tunku Varadarajan – To Lord’s with Love – and a Hamper Alan Ross – The Presence of Ranji Gideon Haigh – Sir Donald Brandname B. C. Pires – Coping with Defeat Ian Wooldridge – Ashes Dream Teams John Arlott – Australianism V. S. Naipaul – The Caribbean Flavour J. B. Priestley – The Lesson of Garfield Sobers Neville Cardus – The Spirit of Summer A. A. Thomson – Winter Made Glorious Neville Cardus – What’s in a Name? Rowland Ryder – The Pleasures of Reading Wisden Ramachandra Guha – Epilogue: An Addict’s Archive R. C. Robertson-Glasgow – The Bowler’s Epitaph Acknowledgements Praise of the Author About the Author Copyright page
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