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November 7, 2007
Posted on 11/07/2007 in Cricket books
"Reading Behind the Shades from cover to cover - rather than just the serialised, juicy bits - one cannot help but have sympathy for [Duncan] Fletcher's frustration over his captain's [Andrew Flintoff] show of irresponsibility at a time when the head coach was absorbing all the flak during a difficult time for the England team," writes Sarah Edworthy in the Daily Telegraph.
April 24, 2006
Posted on 04/24/2006 in Cricket books
Christopher Martin-Jenkins says that none of the books on last year's epic Ashes have made it to the shortlist for the Cricket Society Book of the Year award.
The nearest thing to it being Stephen Fay’s description of Tom Graveney’s year as president of MCC: part biography, part insight into the workings of the world’s wealthiest, and most altruistic cricket club. Also on the list are a vibrant account of India’s momentous tour to Pakistan in 2003-04 by a talented young Indian writer half Fay’s age.
April 12, 2006
Posted on 04/12/2006 in Cricket books
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Andrew Flintoff is Wisden's Leading Cricketer in the World, with Shane Warne a close second
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| Mike Selvey, in the Guardian looks at this year's Wisden, which commemorates the Ashes summer and names Andrew Flintoff as world cricketer of the year.
The primary role of the almanack has changed from a book of reference, whose records section is out of date the second the manuscript goes to the printers, to one in which the quality of its articles is paramount. If not triumphalist, then this year's almanack is unashamedly celebratory.
Chrstopher Martin-Jenkins in the Times writes that "year by year, by imperceptible degrees, Wisden becomes a little more a book to read, a little less an almanack to consult. Under the present enlightened editorial command, Wisden has achieved an astute mix of outstanding writing, a remarkable fact while reliably recording the main events in all strands of the game."
"As an aide memoire, with reference and legacy rolled into one, Wisden, now in its 143rd edition, brings last season's memories deliciously to the fore," writes Derek Pringle in the Daily Telegraph.
For the full story on what's in this year's Almanack click here.
April 8, 2006
Posted on 04/08/2006 in Cricket books
Ahead of Wednesday's launch of the 143rd Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, its Editor, Matthew Engel, provides another sneak-preview of the decisions behind choosing the five Cricketers of the Year in today's Times.
FOUR days from now the 2006 edition of Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack will be published, the 143rd. It will report, as it has not done since edition No 125, how England won the Ashes. And it will announce, as it has done every peacetime year since No 26 (1889), the names of the Cricketers of the Year.
“The Five” constitutes one of the best loved and most durable traditions in cricket. I think this is partly because the 537 men (it was not always five a year) chosen over the past 117 years are not necessarily the best cricketers. Successive editors have cut themselves enough slack to pick players who just happen to appeal to them. It has always been accepted that there is room for whimsy, idiosyncrasy or downright eccentricity. Cricket followers like that.
Indeed, all will be revealed here at Cricinfo in just a few days' time...
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