Cricket At Fever Pitch encapsulates the passing parade of Indian cricket from 1968 to 2005. It is also a KHALIDOSCOPE of the highs and lows , characters , angels and demons of international cricket . From Ajit Wadekar's team's epic ...
A famous account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter. Told through a series of match reports, FEVER PITCH has enjoyed enormous critical and commercial success since it was first published in 1992.
Paul Ashworth has two problematic relationships: one with his football team, and one with Sarah, a colleague at the north London comprehensive where he works.
For anyone who ever dreamed of excelling at a sport but never quite made it but still gave it your life, this is the story. A great read!' - Tom Keneally AO.
... cricket matches and boat trips and days out to Silverstone and Longleat . I didn't want to do anything at all . None of this was intended to punish my father for his absence : I really thought that I would be happy to go anywhere with ...
Despatches to MiD DAY, one of Asia’s leading newspapers, from some of the world’s most famous names in cricket writing – Ayaz Memon, Harsha Bhogle, Ian Chappell, Mike Coward, Peter Roebuck and other luminaries – grace the pages of ...
For anyone who ever dreamed of excelling at a sport but never quite made it but still gave it your life, this is the story. A great read ' - Tom Keneally AO.
Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport.
For anyone who ever dreamed of excelling at a sport but never quite made it but still gave it your life, this is the story. A great read!
Then he adds: “How could I have known that one distant day I'd write the definitive book on Bodyline [Bodyline Autopsy, 2002]?” Later, Frith highlights the rigour of the true historian as he prepared for this project.
... fever pitch', Sun Herald, 31 Jan. 1999. 41 Simon Barnes, 'Loathing bowls flannelled fools', Sydney Morning Herald, 26 Feb. 1996. The precipitous return of New Zealand from Pakistan, and threats to the next Australian tour there are in ...