Richie Benaud: A Tale of Two Tests: With Some Thoughts on Captaincy
Ray Robinson: The Wildest Tests
Denzil Batchelor: Games of a Lifetime
Rob Steen: 500–1: The Miracle of Headingley ’81
Mike Brearley: The Art of Captaincy
Leo McKinstry: Jack Hobbs: England’s Greatest Cricketer
John Arlott: Fred: Portrait of a Fast Bowler
Chris Waters: Fred Trueman: The Authorised Biography
Amol Rajan: Twirlymen: The History of Cricket’s Greatest Spin Bowlers
Geoffrey Boycott: Boycott On Cricket
Mike Brearley: The Art of Captaincy
Simon Wilde: Ian Botham: The Power and the Glory
Phil Tufnell: The Autobiography: What Now?
Simon Hughes: A Lot of Hard Yakka
Matthew Hayden: Standing My Ground
Chapter 4: Gentlemen and Players
Geoffrey Moorhouse: The Best Loved Game
Harry Pearson: Slipless in Settle: A Slow Turn Around Northern Cricket
Harry Thompson: Penguins Stopped Play
Marcus Berkmann: Rain Men: The Madness of Cricket
Marcus Berkmann: Zimmer Men: The Trials and Tribulations of the Ageing Cricketer
Michael Simkins: Fatty Batter: How Cricket Saved My Life (Then Ruined It)
R. Chandrasekar: The Goat, the Sofa and Mr Swami
Chapter 5: The Pen is Mightier Than the Bat
Sir John Major: More Than A Game: The Story of Cricket’s Early Years
R. C. Robertson-Glasgow: 46 Not Out
Sir Neville Cardus: Days in the Sun
Richie Benaud: Willow Patterns
Timeri N. Murari: The Taliban Cricket Club
Gideon Haigh: Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and its Discontents
Christopher Martin-Jenkins: CMJ: A Cricketing Life
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Section 1
The scoreboard at the end of England’s first innings of the opening Test, Sydney, December 1932
Harold Larwood bowling to Bill Woodfull during the Fourth Test, Brisbane, February 1933
Basil D’Oliveira batting for England against Australia in the Fifth Test at the Oval, August 1968
Henry Olonga bowling for Zimbabwe against India in the World Cup in England, May 1999
Australia’s Jeff Thomson bowling to Tony Greig during the Fourth Test, Sydney, January 1975
Michael Holding of West Indies bowling to Brian Close during the Second Test at Lord’s, June 1976
Kerry Packer and Tony Greig outside the High Court in London, September 1977
Cricket under lights at the World Series Grand Final,
