Harry Monk
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rentaghost
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Ive read dozens and my favourites out of them are:
Basil D'Oliveira book - unfortunately cant remember the name but it was unbelievably good.
Boycott by Leo McKinstry
also there are a lot of books from the 1990s era with Atherton, Thorpe, Stewart and Hussain with the best being Nasser's 'Playing with fire'
Avoid the Flintoff ones - utter turd.
Basil D'Oliveira book - unfortunately cant remember the name but it was unbelievably good.
Boycott by Leo McKinstry
also there are a lot of books from the 1990s era with Atherton, Thorpe, Stewart and Hussain with the best being Nasser's 'Playing with fire'
Avoid the Flintoff ones - utter turd.
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JimmyQuinn
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I've had that since Xmas but still haven't got round to reading it.
Same goes for this
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Last-English-Summer-Duncan-Hamilton/dp/0857381482/ref=pd_sim_b_3
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Jimmy Connor
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i thought thorpe's was due to be published? Ramprakash's was disappointing
anything by simon hughes epecially a lot of hard yakka, steve james's was very good
going back a bit I really enjoyed Brian Close's book.
Boycott by McKinstry is superb
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JimmyQuinn
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Also if this is even half as good as his book on football it'll be superb
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slipless-Settle-Around-Northern-Cricket/dp/1408702096/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slipless-Settle-Around-Northern-Cricket/dp/1408702096/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b
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Jimmy Connor
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its not:-(
SAFC2403
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Saw this in asda yesterday in the 3 for 10 bin.
The Breen Machine
Striker
Michael Vaughan's is very good, as is Boycott's autobiography, otherwise I argue with what Rentaghost said.
rentaghost
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The Breen Machine
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You twat
In fairness anyone can write a decent book on a greentop in April.
Sorry, must have been half asleep earlier, that should have said agree, amazing what reading some of EB's Jimmy posts can do to your mental state
ProfessionalMackem
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Gary Sobers autobiography's a canny read. A bit anti-septic but a great insight to a great talent. Some say he wasn't event the most talented in his family.
A bit like the Waugh twins in a way. Mark was always the more talented and classy, but Steve made more of what he had. Both greats too in my eyes.
A bit like the Waugh twins in a way. Mark was always the more talented and classy, but Steve made more of what he had. Both greats too in my eyes.
Just bought 'Not in my Day Sir - The Best of the Cricket Letters to the Daily Telegraph.'
Unintentionally dead funny and interesting too. Well worth £8 off Amazon if anyone is thinking of buying it.
Unintentionally dead funny and interesting too. Well worth £8 off Amazon if anyone is thinking of buying it.
TwasOnTheFifthOfMay
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Why was that thread locked?
These are a great read. They are about the Ashes series of 1978/9 and 1981, written by Mike Brearley.
The Ashes Retained
Phoenix from the Ashes
Great insights into the way cricket used to be.
These are a great read. They are about the Ashes series of 1978/9 and 1981, written by Mike Brearley.
The Ashes Retained
Phoenix from the Ashes
Great insights into the way cricket used to be.
rentaghost
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I fancy a read of those. I read Brearley's 'art of captaincy' and that was a fascinating read.
TwasOnTheFifthOfMay
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Sobers and Denis Lillee's autobiographies were both good. And any of Boycott's stuff.
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stephen cartwright
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11 chapters into ritchie benauds "over but not out" canny £3.99 in the works
tresco's is a good read and can be had in hardback for a similar price, in the cheap bookstores in the metrocentre or galleries
i have bumbles "start the car" which is a good laugh and his first book called "anything but murder" from his time as team manager for england
also nassers book is a good read, as are vaughans, athertons, bothams, allan lambs, gooches and one i got about the odi world cups that have been held up to the one in the windies
tresco's is a good read and can be had in hardback for a similar price, in the cheap bookstores in the metrocentre or galleries
i have bumbles "start the car" which is a good laugh and his first book called "anything but murder" from his time as team manager for england
also nassers book is a good read, as are vaughans, athertons, bothams, allan lambs, gooches and one i got about the odi world cups that have been held up to the one in the windies
SAFC2403
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Read that a few years ago and couldnt put it down - was a very good read and is a good insight into the problems he faced.
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