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TOUR INDIA WITH US
Ken Piesse is inviting you to join his select Australian Cricket Supporter’s Tour to India for the opening two Tests...
AN ASHES LOVE AFFAIR
The Ashes, by Mark Browning Review: Ken Piesse The near-deafening roar when Bobby Simpson’s off-stump cartwheeled courtesy of English express...
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...
CRICKET’S RAREST FEAT
TEN OUT, Ian Brayshaw (Hardie Grant Books, $35) Three days before the signature performance of his life, Ian Brayshaw was...
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...
MORE THAN A GAME
Cricket in Barbados is more than a game, says historian BRIAN STODDART Ever since CLR James released his seminal Beyond...
KEN PIESSE IN THE WINDIES
Barbados and the Caribbean islands remain irresistible tourist havens, but the declining interest in cricket is alarming, says KEN PIESSE.
A SILKY GENIUS
KEN PIESSE, author of more than 60 books on cricket, pays tribute to one of his heroes Bob Cowper who...
CHAPPELL’S CHAMPIONS
Don’t you love a book so entrancing and evocative you simply can’t put it down? Barry Nicholls’ masterly memoir of...
WISDEN CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR
One Hell of a Life: Brian Close – Daring, Defiant and Daft has been named Wisden’s Book of the Year...
Reviewing Karl Schneider
This review from Charles Barr in the Association of Cricket Historians quarterly journal, soon to be released:
Blood on the Tracks
It was the summer of speed which smashed cricket’s modus operandi forever. So relentless were the volleys of ‘throat’ balls...
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