The 155th edition of Wisden, the cricketing bible is here. Three of this year’s five Cricketers of the Year are women, with one, Somerset’s Anya Shrubsole on the front cover. A perennial topic of interest in each new Almanack is the identity of the Five. It has always been a carefully-guarded secret until the embargo on […]
KEN PIESSE reviews Cricket’s Outlaws, inside Kerry Packer’s World Series Revolution This week, 40 years ago, World Series Cricket began with a whimper at Linton Street, Moorabbin, a boggy suburban football venue best known for the Doc, big Carl and Allan Jeans. The cream of Australia’s best cricketers practised on a set of sub-standard practice […]
REVIEWING: Feeling is the thing that happens in 1000th of a second: a season of cricket photographer Patrick Eagar by Christian Ryan (Riverrun/Hachette, London, 2017)… for all its delightful myriads and laneways of opinion, cricket still has its indisputables. Best batsman? Bradman. Best bowler? Warne. Best broadcaster? Arlott. Best writer? Cardus. And the most outstanding […]
From rare 19th Century cabinet photographs and books to a stump signed by Don Bradman and his 1948 Invincibles, Ken Piesse from cricketbooks.com.au has handled some of Australian cricket’s most priceless collectibles. His cricket library is large and varied from books and ephemera to cigarette and trade cards, but he says few can afford to […]
Never miss a sale or new release. Subscribe to cricketbooks.com.au
Cricketbooks.com.au is Australia’s number 1 website and online store for cricket publications and memorabilia. Coordinated by Ken Piesse – Author, Commentator, Public Speaker, and Publisher – cricket books has Australia’s largest range of both new releases and classic collectibles, cigarette cards, rare photographs, and much more.
PO Box 868
Mount Eliza, Victoria 3930, Australia
Mob: 0419 549 458
Tel: (03) 9787-8023
Email: kenpiesse@ozemail.com.au
