Cricket books

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Whither the great cricket novel?

Cricket fiction has not really floated my boat. Who needs made-up heroes when the real-life ones are so wonderful?

Joseph O'Neill's Netherland might have been considerably less interesting if cricket had played a larger part in it © Getty Images

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AUGUST 28, 2013

A tale of two Ashes books

Two college professors, of politics and philosophy, in two continents, connect through their common love of cricket

JULY 02, 2013

The grand online cricket library

We're privileged to be living at a time when there is such a wealth of cricket writing online

JUNE 11, 2013

Patrick Eagar: cricket's visual poet

For fans who grew up before cricket was available ubiquitously through television, the photographer's work holds special meaning

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Emergence of new markets with T20 leagues

Tristan Lavalette's piece on cricket in Serbia reminded me once again, that cricket is not yet a truly global sport, but it has great potential to become one

NOVEMBER 10, 2012

Brave New Pitch: The Evolution of Modern Cricket

The bio on the right hand side of this page has indicated for some time that I have been writing a book on 'the changing face of modern cricket'

OCTOBER 03, 2011

True bravery and faux bravery: A little primer

I have not read Shoaib Akhtar's autobiography, and given the current prioritization of my book-buying budget, it is unlikely I will buy a copy

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

Long-lost treasures

I managed to carry out my usual quasi-archaeological digs through those old belongings of mine at my brother's residence in Delhi

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