Suresh Menon

Rajan Bala's writing was only a portion of his contribution to the game. He also built up teams of writers across the country

Fingleton was possibly the finest cricketer-writer ever

Ronald Mason used to worship cricketers as a boy, and wrote excellent prose on them as a man

Archie Jackson, who was born 100 years ago, was the Keats of cricket in more ways than one

The main virtue of this collection of Harsha Bhogle's newspaper columns is its immediacy and enthusiasm

In praise of a cricketer who made the transition from player to first-rate cricket writer with ease

Lionheart grits his teeth and shoulders the load

Few surprises in this collection of tributes to one of India's greats by a star-studded line-up

Brearley, Ranji, EM Rose, and the art of captaincy

Frank Tyson has been among our best analysts of players' temperament and what made them tick

Two of the greatest books on one of the greatest allrounders ever

Celebrating Cardus' evocations of cricket's premier contest

A businessman, a soldier, a lavishly talented cricketer: Stanley Jackson embodied one of cricket's greatest ages

English and Australian players have not been shy when it comes to writing their life stories; not so the Indians

With a flurry of sixes against Qadir, the maestro announces himself

On the wealth of writing about the most storied cricket ground there is

Inspired by the strategy time-out, 11 other breaks that cricket can work into games

On PG Wodehouse's cricket connection

Edmund Blunden's Cricket Country laments the passing of an age and revels in the timelessness of the game

In which your columnist dishes out some handy book-hunting advice