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Must-Read Books

Ticket to write

Ticket to write

Wide-eyed enthusiasm and plenty of off-field action in this old-school tour book that looks at one of the biggest cricket series of recent times

19-Jul-2008•Simon Wilde

The first rebels

The first rebels

Haigh's book is the definitive last word on the Packer affair

12-Jul-2008•Rob Steen

Golden oldies

Golden oldies

Robinson's profiles of pre-war giants is a tonic for the soul

05-Jul-2008•David Frith

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

The forgotten years

The forgotten years

Contrary to popular perception, the 50s and 60s were not Australian cricket's wasteland decades

21-Jun-2008•Mike Coward

Legend on legend

Legend on legend

This biography captures Trueman at his peak, and the best of Arlott's writing as well

14-Jun-2008•Simon Wilde

Life of Bill

Life of Bill

O'Reilly's autobiography is one of the most pleasant and perceptive around

07-Jun-2008•Don Cameron

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

Look back in equanimity

Look back in equanimity

David Frith's history of cricket's most fractious series is exhaustive in its attention to detail

24-May-2008•Rob Steen

A cricket history of India

A cricket history of India

A work on the grand scale - ambitious, provocative, timely, and full of learning worn lightly

17-May-2008•Gideon Haigh

Crusoe's portraits

Crusoe's portraits

Robertson-Glasgow's sharp assessments of his contemporaries are still current

10-May-2008•David Frith

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

The late lamented

The late lamented

Frith brings to life a man who was as much a hero to Australians as Bradman

26-Apr-2008•Mike Coward

Fingo's zenith

Fingo's zenith

This account of one of the most chronicled tours ever ranks as Jack Fingleton's finest work

19-Apr-2008•Don Cameron

Trough luck

Trough luck

An unflinching portrait of a career slump, from the days before burnout became a hot button

12-Apr-2008•Rob Steen

Highly recommended

Highly recommended

The book widely acknowledged as the finest ever written on the game

05-Apr-2008•David Frith

History from the maker

History from the maker

A cricket life is usually the sum of its stories, and Bradman had some of the best

29-Mar-2008•Gideon Haigh

Notes from the middle

Notes from the middle

A memoir that gives the game the time, attention and moral seriousness it calls for

22-Mar-2008•Gideon Haigh

Leading, by the book

Leading, by the book

Brearley's book stands apart from the few others on the subject for its authority, simplicity and range of personal examples

15-Mar-2008•Suresh Menon

Life of Mailey

Life of Mailey

The story of the only Australian to take nine wickets in a Test innings, told in a rich fruitcake of a book

08-Mar-2008•David Frith

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