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History via poetry

History via poetry

GD Martineau's writing was about the journey, not the destination

25-Jan-2009•Suresh Menon

Cashman and the Demon

Cashman and the Demon

An Australian historian who produced a classic on Indian cricket and one on a fast-bowling legend

10-Jan-2009•Suresh Menon

Post scripts

Post scripts

On the evolution of the cricket obituary

14-Dec-2008•Suresh Menon

Writing from the middle

Writing from the middle

The ranks of players turned writers worth reading are disappointingly thin

30-Nov-2008•Suresh Menon

The g word

The g word

How does one define greatness in an innings?

16-Nov-2008•Suresh Menon

Ed the head

Ed the head

Ed Smith is among the most intelligent and articulate interpreters of sport going

02-Nov-2008•Suresh Menon

Kinds of funny

Kinds of funny

There's a wide range of humorous cricket writing - from Berkmann to Hollowood to Johnston

19-Oct-2008•Suresh Menon

My friend the bookseller

My friend the bookseller

Thirty-five years ago John McKenzie opened a bookshop in Surrey that has since grown to be a mecca for collectors of cricket titles

05-Oct-2008•Suresh Menon

A quiet goodbye

A quiet goodbye

Perhaps Bradman's farewell was all the more memorable for being unspectacular

21-Sep-2008•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

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

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

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

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

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

Ghost-spoken

Ghost-spoken

How some of the best known cricket quotes came to be

27-Apr-2008•Suresh Menon

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