<i>Netherland</i> in line for Cricket Society award

Joseph O'Neill's critically acclaimed novel Netherland (Review), which was in the shortlist for the Man Booker prize, is among the contenders for this year's Cricket Society Book of the Year. Other nominees for the award, which will be presented at Lord's on Monday evening are: John Barclay's Life Beyond The Airing Cupboard (Review), Tony Laughton's Captain of the Crowd, and William Buckland's Pommies: England Cricket Through an Australian Lens (Review). Christopher Martin-Jenkins has more in the Times.