Review
Bringing the love back
Review: In an age when commerce has overwritten storytelling about the game, two amateur players and fans put their affection for cricket on the page
The Unquiet Ones
Telling Pakistan's story through its cricket
Osman Samiuddin's history of the game in Pakistan is much more than its subtitle advertises it as
The Miracle Match
Momentous at the WACA
It may have been a one-day match but the Western Australia-Queensland Gillette Cup semi-final was no ordinary game. By Alan Shiell
Review: Playing it My Way
The mask behind Tendulkar's mask
Suresh Menon: His autobiography merely endorses his public image, instead of giving us the insights we've been craving
Les Smith
A work of introspection, Boycott style
Review: Geoff Boycott's latest autobiography is nuanced and rounded, and acknowledges errors, failings and regrets
David Hopps
A flawed character in a flawed system
Review: The cricket book of the season leaves you feeling immensely sad about the waste of an incredible talent
Bombay Boys: Chronicles of Cricketing Heroes
Hidden tales of Mumbai's stalwarts
Review: The profiles of 76 international and domestic stars gathered in this book charm and inspire, but they leave you yearning for more
A Complete History of World Cup Cricket
World Cup nerd nirvana
Review: A diligently researched book that gives a comprehensive account of the tournament, laced with long-forgotten factoids
Cricket Match
Sugar-free puzzler
Review: A cricket game that's not exactly about playing cricket. And it's not half-bad either
A Pictorial History of Sussex County Cricket Club
A visual hike for the historically minded
A new book celebrates 175 years of the oldest first-class club of all with a delightful collection of artwork and photographs
Cricket Captain 2014
Think you're better than the captain?
Cricket Captain 2014 is suited to the hardcore strategist, but its complexities and poor graphics may turn off the casual player
Review: Wounded Tiger
The many stories of Pakistan cricket
Wounded Tiger is a balanced account of the country's chaotic and misunderstood cricketing history
Paul Edwards
Remembering cricket's fallen
Review: This collection of obituaries of cricketers who died in the Great War is one of the books of the year
Review: On Pietersen
KP in précis
Review: Using secondary sources, a newspaper journalist tries to decipher Kevin Pietersen and his career beyond the prima donna stereotype
Gideon Haigh
A memento from another age
Review: A collection of player portraits that reminds us of a time when cricketers walked the same common clay as ourselves
Britain's Lost Cricket Festivals
For the love of cricket grounds
Review: A diligent examination of grounds in Britain that no longer host first-class cricket
10 for 10
The tale of Hedley's ten
Review: A absorbing account of a universally loved cricketer and the impressive bowling feat he achieved eight decades ago
Anand Ramachandran
A hardcore fan's delight
Review: Don Bradman Cricket '14 is the first cricket video game to make the controls easy and satisfying, but you need to give it time
Pankaj: Bengal's Forgotten Cricket Legend
Extracting history from myth
Review: The first detailed assessment of Pankaj Roy, Bengal's first great cricketer, is a significant, if flawed, effort
Alan Gardner
An archaelogical probe into the state of the game
Review: Gideon Haigh comes out with another set of essays that sound uncannily prescient about the way the game is headed
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2014
Marvellous, but why so serious?
Review: Wisden 2014 gets stuck into the changes in the game's administration, but skimps on fun for angst
Wisden India Almanack 2014
Farewells and remembered pleasures
Review: Goodbye to Tendulkar and delightful essays - the 2014 edition of the Indian Wisden has plenty to treasure
Elk Stopped Play
With love from Cuba, Almaty and Tristan da Cunha
Review: A fine collection of charming bulletins from around the globe shows just how far an insular game has spread
Review
Two for the coffee table
Review: An anthology and a celebration of great players - both from the Wisden stable - allow us to experience a soothing sense of constancy
Review: The Sky Is the Limit
Look, Junior's written a book
Review: The story of India's U-19 World Cup-winning captain, Unmukt Chand, gives you an insight into what it takes for young Indian boys to find their place in cricket
Firdose Moonda
Men of South Africa
Review: South African cricket is synonymous with fast bowling, and a new book celebrates the best of it
Review: Howzat: The six sixes balls mystery
Chasing the ball Sobers pasted
Review: What happened to the inanimate victim of Garry Sobers' famously brutal assault in Swansea in 1968? A new book tries to discover its whereabouts
Review: The Ashes Diary
Captain cautious
Review: Michael Clarke's Ashes diary is guarded - as is to be expected from a book written at this stage of his career
Alan Gardner
Mathematical, with humanity
Review: A collection of fine cricket writing on great cricket feats, and never mind the omissions
Review: Saving the Test
A flag for the five-dayer
Review: Saving the Test presents a passionate case for protecting the game's premier format. By Rob Steen
Review: A Handful of Confetti
Delightful and scandalous
Review: David Green's tales of county cricket, which he played and then covered, are well-written and loads of fun. By Paul Edwards
Raw
An exorcism on paper
Martin Crowe's autobiography, Raw, is an admirable, and brutal, effort at self-assessment, says Andrew Alderson
Review: At the Close of Play
Ponting's reckoning
Review: The former Australia captain's biography is a doorstop that offers a detailed and honest account of his career. By Daniel Brettig
Les Smith
From Sussex with love
Review: With 24 chapters dedicated to various cricketing characters, former first-class stalwart John Barclay offers us a delightful read
Review: All in a Day's Cricket
Dyed in sepia
Review: Controversy, romanticism, derring-do and idiosyncrasy - a recent anthology takes us on an evocative ride through cricket's past. By Ashok Malik
Review: Underneath the Southern Cross
From golden to mortal
Mike Hussey's autobiography traces Australia's 2006-07 peak and subsequent decline with candour and insight. By Daniel Brettig
Review: Driving Ambition
England's cultural architect
Andrew Strauss' Driving Ambition is not a book to settle scores or rail at injustice. It's a comfortable read that's full of decency and discretion. By David Hopps
Main Hoon Shahid Afridi
Masala goes Boom Boom
Review: Main Hoon Shahid Afridi is an unabashedly populist new potboiler that uses cricket to offer a window into modern Pakistan. By Ahmer Naqvi
Review: The Gloves are Off
A keeper remembers (sort of)
Review: Matt Prior's up-and-down career makes for a readable story, but the juiciest bits are left out of his new book. By Alan Gardner
Jacques Kallis and 12 other Great South African All-rounders
South Africa's two-in-ones
Ali Bacher's new book celebrates the country's rich tradition of producing world-class allrounders. By Firdose Moonda
Suresh Menon
That subcontinental summer
Review: A new book on the 2011 World Cup is strong on travelogue, if not as much on the cricket itself, writes Suresh Menon
Review: The Great Tamasha
India via its cricket
Osman Samiuddin: A new book by a foreign correspondent offers a wide range of voices, if not much in terms of fresh perspective
Review: A History of Cricket in 100 Objects
History for those who hate reading it
A charming collection of essays that prompts a reader to research deeper. By Suresh Menon
Saad Shafqat
An immigrant's absorbing memoir of the game
Review: A passionate Pakistan-England fan engagingly explains how sporting allegiances are formed and how they evolve
Sharda Ugra
Three tales from Indian cricket
Review: A new documentary attempts to capture the country's passion for the game, against the backdrop of the 2011 World Cup
Review: Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy
The ugliness beneath cricket's skin
Review: A well-researched account of cricket's ecosystem of gambling, betting and "approaching". By Sharda Ugra
Review: Lara's story
As told by the supporting cast
Review: A retelling of the Brian Lara story, with anecdotes that add texture to the tale. By Vaneisa Baksh
Cricket Cauldron
Notes from a Pakistani golden age
Review: Shaharyar Khan's memoir recalls the Inzamam-Woolmer heyday, and the nadir of the Oval, 2006
Soumya Bhattacharya
The many Pataudis
Review: Twenty-two essays delve into the legacy of one of Indian cricket's most significant figures. By Soumya Bhattacharya
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack
A happy 150th to the big yellow brick
Les Smith: Another year, another Almanack. Only, this year's is rather a landmark
The Test of My Life
An inspiring story, simply told
Suresh Menon: The tale of how Yuvraj Singh beat cancer and came back to cricket is now the subject of a book that reveals the man behind the allrounder.
Spotlight on South Africa's hoodoo
Review: An attempt at examining why they bottle it in major tournaments. By Firdose Moonda
Brave New Pitch
A brave first draft of history
Ashok Malik: Samir Chopra chronicles cricket's turbulent last half-decade with an open-minded spirit of inquiry
Large-hearted, red-blooded, Caribbean
Review: The Bowling was Superfine is a capacious anthology that straddles genres and themes and contains a multitude of voices
Warnie, warts and all
Gideon Haigh trains his masterly eye on one of the most compelling cricketers of all time. By Daniel Brettig
Of Tendulkar among other things
Review: Centurion, a genre-defying new book brings together sport, philosophy and fiction
Behind the facade of England's fifties
Review: Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets, looks at the less-than-pleasant backdrop to England's dominance in the post-war years
Life on the writing treadmill
Review: Andrew Ramsey's account of his days as a cricket journalist (and why he called it a day) is a fine book, but it ought to have gone further. By Gideon Haigh
The Sweetest Rose
Wounded but blooming
Review: Yorkshire cricket's turbulent and colourful story - Boycott and all - is faithfully told in The Sweetest Rose
Tall tales of cricket
Review: Cricket on Everest is the story of the intrepid men who played on the world's highest mountain for a good cause
Cricket nuts are people too
Review: Going Barmy offers the story of England's much misunderstood band of travelling supporters from the inside
A man for troubled times
Review: Stephen Chalke's book on Micky Stewart tells fascinating stories about its very likeable subject
World Series Cricket - no more an outcast
Review: The dramatisation of the Packer affair is as exciting as the dramatic events of 35 years ago. By Brydon Coverdale
A Scottish gaze at the Ashes
Review: Australia Blues is an amusing travelogue where cricket is a sidelight. By Alex Bowden
Cricket tales from here and there
Review: Tom Rodwell has borne witness to the game's power to uplift. Rob Steen reviews his book Third Man in Havana
A different kind of Afghan story
Review: Dread, romance and cricket meet in The Taliban Cricket Club, a novel set in the time of the Taliban. By Sharda Ugra
Inside England's success story
Review: The Plan, an account of the 13 years it took to become No. 1, is a must-read for fans of English cricket
Chappell the Indian
Review: The former India coach's flaw was not that he was too Australian, as his book Fierce Focus reveals
The covers are off CMJ
Review: The doyen of English cricket writing reveals more of himself in his memoirs than might have been expected
'India, your sport needs you'
Review: Wisden's new editor Lawrence Booth sets the tone with an Almanack that thunders out. By Duncan Hamilton
The real men of Yorkshire
Review: A new survey of seven northern England cricketers is also an exploration of British culture, history and manners. Les Smith reviews We'll Get'em In Sequins
A brave but incomplete story
Review: Lisa Sthalekar tackles the topic of depression with maturity in her autobiography Shaker, but fails to use the same rigour when discussing the rest of her career
How a cricket hero went political
Review: What influence did the game have on where Imran Khan is today? Sharda Ugra on Pakistan: A Personal History
Cape crusaders
Review: Pathbreaking figures from over a century of Western Province cricket fill the pages of a vital new reference work
