Suresh Menon

Suresh Menon

In the line of Cardus

In the line of Cardus

NS Ramaswami's rank among the more literary cricket writers is assured. It was only fitting he assumed the pen name he did

07-Sep-2008•Suresh Menon

Plum postings

Plum postings

Wodehouse didn't write too much on the game, but what there is is an unalloyed delight

30-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

The Don and I

The Don and I

Bradman was supposed to be cold and aloof, but that's not how he came across to a pilgrim from India 15 years ago

25-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

Grand rapids

Grand rapids

The best books on fast bowling are written by those who haven't faced their subjects across a pitch

24-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

Is Sehwag great yet?

Is Sehwag great yet?

Up there with the Gavaskars and Tendulkars? Just where does India's gonzo opener stand in his country's batting pantheon?

15-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

Pen mightier than bat

Pen mightier than bat

Rumours of the death of cricket literature are highly exaggerated: Peter Roebuck is writing still

10-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

The whole story

The whole story

An admirable attempt to "tell the full history of the game"

02-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

Batsman, captain, inspiration

Batsman, captain, inspiration

Suresh Menon pays tribute to Ashok Mankad - a Ranji legend, an astute captain and an inspiration to many

01-Aug-2008•Suresh Menon

In their own write

In their own write

Cricket writers' autobiographies come in all flavours

27-Jul-2008•Suresh Menon

The love of lists

The love of lists

Cricket books for a desert island? Let the arguments begin

20-Jul-2008•Suresh Menon

No fuss, no frills

No fuss, no frills

Like Yorkshire's greatest cricketers, JM Kilburn was not known for lightness of touch or flights of fancy

06-Jul-2008•Suresh Menon

From dullness, splendour

From dullness, splendour

The tour was pure drudgery, but at least it produced one of the finest tour books written

28-Jun-2008•Suresh Menon

1983 World Cup - the year everything changed

1983 World Cup - the year everything changed

The win that transformed Indian cricket sending it on an upswing that lasts to this day

25-Jun-2008•Suresh Menon

Verse yet

Verse yet

It is only fitting that cricket should have inspired as much poetry as it has

22-Jun-2008•Suresh Menon

The schoolboy professor

The schoolboy professor

Sujit Mukherjee's writings on the game had passion and precision in equal measure

08-Jun-2008•Suresh Menon

Bradmanesque

Bradmanesque

Like his batting, the Don's book lacks flourishes, is exceedingly effective, and is easily the final word on cricket coaching

31-May-2008•Suresh Menon

Island stories

Island stories

Cricket and writing are more closely bound together in the West Indies than elsewhere

25-May-2008•Suresh Menon

The grand laureate

The grand laureate

Geoffrey Moorhouse wrote only two books on the game but they will last longer than many by designated cricket writers

11-May-2008•Suresh Menon

Trifle pudding

Trifle pudding

Gerald Brodribb's study of cricket oddities looks at the game's laws through the prism of their background and provides both entertainment and information in the process

03-May-2008•Suresh Menon

Ghost-spoken

Ghost-spoken

How some of the best known cricket quotes came to be

27-Apr-2008•Suresh Menon

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