Cricket: A Modern Anthology. Jonathan Agnew
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Название: Cricket: A Modern Anthology

Автор: Jonathan Agnew

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Спорт, фитнес

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isbn: 9780007466542

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СКАЧАТЬ 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

       Chapter 3: The Professional

       Leo McKinstry: Jack Hobbs: England’s Greatest Cricketer

       Max Davidson: We’ll Get ’Em in Sequins: Manliness, Yorkshire Cricket and the Century That Changed Everything

       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

       John Arlott: Indian Summer

       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

       Picture Section

       Footnotes

       Acknowledgements

       Also by Jonathan Agnew

       Read on for an extract from Thanks, Johnners. Out now

       Copyright

       About the Publisher

       The Illustrations

       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, СКАЧАТЬ