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With love from Cuba, Almaty and Tristan da Cunha

With love from Cuba, Almaty and Tristan da Cunha

A fine collection of charming bulletins from around the globe shows just how far an insular game has spread

22-Mar-2014•Les Smith

Two for the coffee table

Two for the coffee table

An anthology and a celebration of great players - both from the Wisden stable - allow us to experience a soothing sense of constancy

29-Dec-2013•Alan Gardner

Look, Junior's written a book

Look, Junior's written a book

The story of India's U-19 World Cup-winning captain, Unmukt Chand, gives you an insight into what it takes for young boys in the country to become successful international sportsmen

20-Dec-2013•Sharda Ugra

Men of South Africa

Men of South Africa

South African cricket is synonymous with fast bowling, and a new book celebrates the best of it

14-Dec-2013•Firdose Moonda

Chasing the ball Sobers pasted

Chasing the ball Sobers pasted

What happened to the inanimate victim of Garry Sobers' famously brutal assault in Swansea in 1968? A new book tries to discover its whereabouts

08-Dec-2013•Clive Ellis

Captain cautious

Captain cautious

Michael Clarke's Ashes diary is guarded - as is to be expected from a book written at this stage of his career

01-Dec-2013•Brydon Coverdale

Mathematical, with humanity

Mathematical, with humanity

A collection of fine cricket writing on great cricket feats, and never mind the omissions

24-Nov-2013•Alan Gardner

A flag for the five-dayer

A new book presents a passionate case for protecting the game's premier format, and an acknowledgement that all solutions begin and end with having a more responsible ICC

16-Nov-2013•Rob Steen

Delightful, insightful and scandalous

Delightful, insightful and scandalous

David Green's tales of county cricket, which he played and then covered, are well-written and loads of fun

09-Nov-2013•Paul Edwards

An exorcism on paper

An exorcism on paper

Martin Crowe's autobiography is an admirable, and brutal, effort at self-assessment

02-Nov-2013•Andrew Alderson

Ponting's reckoning

Ponting's reckoning

The former Australia captain's biography is a doorstop that offers a detailed and honest account of his career

31-Oct-2013•Daniel Brettig

From Sussex with love

From Sussex with love

With 24 chapters dedicated to various cricketing characters, former first-class stalwart John Barclay offers us a delightful read

26-Oct-2013•Les Smith

Dyed in sepia

Dyed in sepia

Controversy, romanticism, derring-do and idiosyncrasy - a recent anthology takes us on an evocative ride through cricket's past

19-Oct-2013•Ashok Malik

From golden to mortal

From golden to mortal

Mike Hussey's autobiography traces Australia's 2006-07 peak and the decline that followed with candour and insight

13-Oct-2013•Daniel Brettig

England's cultural architect

England's cultural architect

Andrew Strauss's autobiography is not a book to settle scores or rail at injustice. It's a comfortable read full of decency and discretion

10-Oct-2013•David Hopps

Masala goes Boom Boom

Masala goes Boom Boom

An unabashedly populist new potboiler uses cricket to offer a window into modern Pakistan

21-Sep-2013•Ahmer Naqvi

A keeper remembers (sort of)

A keeper remembers (sort of)

Matt Prior's up-and-down career makes for a readable story, but the juiciest bits are left out of his new book

15-Sep-2013•Alan Gardner

Celebrating South Africa's two-in-ones

Celebrating South Africa's two-in-ones

A new book looks at a baker's dozen of the country's finest allrounders

10-Sep-2013•Firdose Moonda

That subcontinental summer

That subcontinental summer

A new book on the 2011 World Cup is strong on travelogue, if not as much on the cricket itself

07-Sep-2013•Suresh Menon

India via its cricket

India via its cricket

A new book by a foreign correspondent based in the country offers a wide range of voices, if not much in terms of fresh perspective

24-Aug-2013•Osman Samiuddin

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