Cricket: A Modern Anthology
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Jonathan Agnew. Cricket: A Modern Anthology
About the Book
About the Author
CRICKET. A Modern Anthology. Jonathan Agnew
The Illustrations. Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Foreword Rt Hon. Sir John Major KG CH
Preface
THE GREAT CONTROVERSIES
Chapter 1
DONALD BRADMAN. Body-Line
Could Body-line be Mastered?
HAROLD LARWOOD. Duncan Hamilton. Adelaide: January 1933
THE BOWLING CONTROVERSY. Text of the cables
BY THE EDITOR OF WISDEN CRICKETERS’ ALMANACK. Sydney J. Southerton
DOUGLAS JARDINE. Christopher Douglas
18 JUNE 1934. SHIFTING THE FIELDSMEN
THE BASIL D’OLIVEIRA AFFAIR. Basil D’Oliveira
THE OBITUARY OF BASIL D’OLIVEIRA. Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
WORLD SERIES CRICKET. Sir Derek Birley
TONY GREIG. David Tossell. Grovel!
HANSIE CRONJE. Paul Nixon
MICHAEL ATHERTON. Martin Johnson
A furore that has muddied reputations
Media pressure puts the squeeze on Atherton
Atherton to fight on as England’s captain
England find the steel for re-building
BOOKIE. Ed Hawkins
SACHIN TENDULKAR. Vaibhav Purandare
SPOT-FIXING. Gideon Haigh. Now What?
ANDY FLOWER AND HENRY OLONGA. Steve James ‘Don’t Come To Zimbabwe Or Your Players Will Be Living In Fear For The Rest Of Your Lives.’
Issued 9.30 a.m. February 10, 2003, at the start of Zimbabwe’s opening World Cup match against Namibia
THE GREATEST TEST MATCHES
Chapter 2
TIED TEST. Richie Benaud
JOHN SNOW. Ray Robinson. Bouncers and Beer Cans
GUBBY ALLEN. Denzil Batchelor. The Brisbane Miracle
ROD MARSH AND DENNIS LILLEE. Rob Steen. The bet
BOTHAM AND WILLIS. Mike Brearley
THE PROFESSIONAL
Chapter 3
JACK HOBBS. Leo McKinstry
HEDLEY VERITY. Max Davidson. A Very English War Hero
FRED TRUEMAN. John Arlott. Father of the Man
20 DECEMBER 1991. ARLOTT’S DELIVERY
FRED TRUEMAN. Chris Waters. Bollocks To You, Mate
JIM LAKER. Amol Rajan. The Second Flourish
28 JANUARY 1955. STUMPED
29 JANUARY 1955. WICKETS OR STUMPS
GEOFFREY BOYCOTT. On Batting
ABOUT CAPTAINCY. Mike Brearley
IAN BOTHAM. Simon Wilde
PHIL TUFNELL. Four Blondes
Debut against the West Indies
SIMON HUGHES. Bouncers
MATTHEW HAYDEN. Alfie and Me
GENTLEMEN AND PLAYERS
Chapter 4
THE OLDEST FIXTURE. Geoffrey Moorhouse. July 15 Lord’s – Eton v Harrow
SLIPLESS IN SETTLE. Harry Pearson
ANTARCTICA. Harry Thompson
THE NEW SEASON. Marcus Berkmann. April
ZIMMER MEN. Marcus Berkmann
FATTY BATTER. Michael Simkins. Stumped
Shot
JOINT SECRETARY SWAMI. R. Chandrasekar
Indo-Pak Relations Hit a New Low
Chaos
THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE BAT
Chapter 5
CRICKET’S EARLY COUNTY MATCHES. Sir John Major
PRESS BOX. R. C. Robertson-Glasgow
THE PRESENT DISCONTENTS. Neville Cardus. July 1923
DONALD BRADMAN. Richie Benaud
5 AUGUST 1961. RICHIE BENAUD
INDIAN SUMMER. John Arlott. Record Days: The Oval: Banerjee and Sarwate
S. Banerjee
C. T. Sarwate
CRICKET AND THE TALIBAN. Timeri N. Murari. The Stadium
CRICKET AND THE MEDIA. Gideon Haigh. The Pantomime Horse
JOINING TEST MATCH SPECIAL. Christopher Martin-Jenkins
Picture Section
Footnotes
Acknowledgements
ALSO BY JONATHAN AGNEW
Read on for an extract from Thanks, Johnners. Out now
ONE. The Guest Speaker
Copyright
About the Publisher
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“It would be a great shame if cricket writing became exclusively the domain of former first-class cricketers. While we bring insight, knowledge and experience of the game that can only be gained from actually having been out there and done it, there is much more to cricket writing than that.”
Indeed there is, and who better to present a new collection of the best cricket writing of the modern era than today’s ‘voice of cricket’. As a young boy watching his newly-discovered cricketing heroes on a grainy black-and-white television, Jonathan Agnew quickly fell in love with the game and went on to pursue a career as a professional player who represented his country before becoming one of the outstanding broadcasters of his generation.
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Later that day, there occurred the fateful visit by the England manager, Pelham Warner, to the Australians’ dressing room, where he was rebuffed by Woodfull with perhaps the most famous quote in cricket: ‘I don’t want to see you, Mr Warner. There are two teams out there; one is trying to play cricket and the other is not.’ Adding, ‘This game is too good to be spoilt. It’s time some people got out of it.’ Warner, it was reported, was physically shaken by the admonishment and was seen hurrying away close to tears.
On the third day, Bert Oldfield was hit a sickening blow on the head that caused a fracture – although, again, the ball was a legitimate non-bodyline delivery that he top-edged. Oldfield later admitted that it was a mistake entirely of his own making; nevertheless, the crowd was yet again incensed.
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