Steve Finn’s The Ashes Files
When a 14-year-old Steve Finn put England’s new opening bat Andrew Strauss on his backside with a bouncer in an impromptu net session at Finchley, he was immediately earmarked as a future England XI player.
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CRICKET’S RAREST FEAT
TEN OUT, Ian Brayshaw (Hardie Grant Books, $35) Three days before the signature performance of his life, Ian Brayshaw was thrown from an out-of-control horse and braced himself, fearing the worst.
All roads lead to The Oval
Picturesque Kennington south of London with its dog parks and magnificent Kia Oval is the centrepiece for the English Championship showdown between hosts and reigning champions Surrey and Nottinghamshire from tomorrow.
MORE THAN A GAME
Cricket in Barbados is more than a game, says historian BRIAN STODDART Ever since CLR James released his seminal Beyond a Boundary in 1963, we have all known that cricket has always been way more than a game in the Caribbean. All that background social meaning was displayed in Fire in Babylon and a concomitant […]