John Wright's Indian Summers
- ISBN-10
- 0285637959
- ISBN-13
- 9780285637955
- Category
- Cricket
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-07-07
- Publisher
- Souvenir Press
- Authors
- John Wright, Paul Thomas, Sharda Ugra
Description
In an experiment not expected to work, former New Zealand captain John Wright was named coach of the Indian cricket team in October 2000. In this volume he provides an insight into the vast scale, passion and politics of cricket in a country with a billion fans.
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