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HOWZAT?
A selection of recent
cricket books

SABRINAGOSLING
Book Selector

n categories, like biographies and

autobiographies, where many new titles are published each year,I have
concentrated only on our most recent acquisitions.There are many others available.
They, and those listed below, can be found
in the library at shelf-list 796.358.

General
Armstrong,Geoff. ESPN legends of
cricket: profiles of the game's 25 greatest.Allen & Unwin, 2002.
Arnold,Peter and Wynne-Thomas,Peter.
The ultimate encyclopedia of cricket: the
definitive illustrated guide to world
cricket.- Carlton, 2002. (City Libraryonly)
Benaud,Richie. The appeal of cricket: the
modern game.- Coronet,1995.
A century of Wisden: an extract from
every edition, 1900-1999/ edited by
Christopher Lane.- Wisden, 2000. (Reference Collection)
Dawson,Marc. The bumper book of
cricket extras.- Kangaroo P.,1993.
Eastaway,Robert. What is a googly?: the
mysteries of cricket explained.- Robson,
1992.
Edworthy,Niall. Lord's: the home of
cricket- an illustrated history.-Virgin,1999.
(Central Reference only)
Hughes, Simon. Jargonbusting: the analyst's guide to test cricket.- Channel 4
Bks., 2001.

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BOOK
Hughes, Simon. Jargonbusting: mastering
the art of cricket.- Channel 4 Bks., 2002.
Lambson,Barry. The South African guide
to cricket.- Michael Collins,1998. (Simple
multi-lingual booklet)
Martin-Jenkins,Christopher. World cricketers: a biographical dictionary.- Oxford
U.P.,1996. (Reference Collection)
Morrison,Ian. Cricket.- Ward Lock,1998.
Morrison,Ian. Know the game: everyone's
guide to cricket.- The author, 2003.
The Picador book of cricket/ edited by
Ramachandra Guha.- Picador, 2002.
*Steer,Duncan. Cricket: the golden age.Cassell, 2003.
*Wisden cricketers' almanack, 2003/
edited byTom de Lisle.- Wisden, 2003.
(Reference Collection)
Woodcock,John. TheTimes one hundred
greatest cricketers.- Macmillan,1998.
Woolmer,Bob and Tennant,Ivo. Woolmer
on cricket.-Virgin, 2000.
Wynne-Thomas,Peter. The history of
cricket: from the weald to the world.Stationery Office,1997.

South African cricket

Alfred,Luke. Lifting the covers: inside
South African cricket.- Spearhead, 2001.
Alfred,Luke. Testing times: the story of
the men who made SA cricket.- Spearhead, 2003.
Allie,Mogamad. More than a game: a
history of the Western Province Cricket
Board, 1959-1991.- WPCA, 2000.
Blacks in whites: a century of cricket
struggles in KwaZulu-Natal/ Ashwin
Desai [et al.].- Univ.Natal P., 2002.
Chesterfield,Trevor and McGlew,Jackie.
South Africa's cricket captains.- Zebra,
2003.
Hartman,Rodney. Hansie and the boys:
the making of the South African cricket
team.- Zebra,1997.
Mutual & Federal South African cricket
annual, 2002.- Mutual & Federal, 2002.
*Odendaal, Andre. The story of an
African game.- D.Philip, 2003.
Proctor,Mike and Murphy,Patrick. South
Africa: the years of isolation and the
return to international cricket.- Bok Bks.,
1994.

Biographies
*Atherton,Mike. Opening up: my autobiography.- Coronet, 2003.

Griffiths,Edward. Glory days: forty years

of one-day cricket, 1963-2003.-Viking,
2003.

Ezekiel,Gulu. Sachin: the story of the

world's greatest batsman.- Penguin, 2002.

Baldwin,Mark. The history of The Cricket

World Cup.- Sanctuary, 2003.

*Ezekiel,Gulu. Sourav: a biography.Penguin, 2003.

Technical aspects

Gough,Darren. Dazzler: the autobiography.- Penguin, 2002.

Knight,James. Mark Waugh: the biography.- CollinsWillow, 2002.
Sobers,Gary. Gary Sobers: my autobiography.- Headline, 2002.
Warne, Shane. Shane Warne: my autobiography.- Hodder, 2001.

South African biographies

Bryden,Colin. Herschelle: a biography.Spearhead, 2003.
Capostagno, Andy. Jonty in pictures.Viking, 2001.
Donald, Allan. White Lightning: the autobiography.- CollinsWillow,1999. (Afrikaans
title: Die Wit Blits)
Griffiths,Edward. Jonty: fruits of the
spirit.- CAB,1998.
Pollock,Peter. God's fast bowler.- Christian Art Pub., 2001. (Afrikaans title: God
se snelbouler)

Cricket scandals / corruption

Gouws,Deon. And nothing but the
truth?- Zebra, 2000.
Magazine,Pradeep. Not quite cricket: the
explosive story of how bookmakers influence the game.- Penguin, 2000.
Oosthuizen, Andre and Tinkler,Gavin. The
banjo players: cricket's match fixing
scandal.- Riverside Publ., 2001.
Piesse,Ken. Cricket's greatest scandals.Viking, 2000.
Rae, Simon. It's not cricket: a history of
skulduggery, sharp practice and downright
cheating in the noble game.- Faber, 2002.
Wilde, Simon. Caught: the full story of
corruption in international cricket.Aurum P., 2001.

Tournaments / matches
Browning,Mark. A complete history of
World Cup Cricket, 1975-1999.- Sanctuary, 2003. (Central Reference only)
Capostagno, Andy. Memorable moments
in one-day cricket.- Penguin, 2002.
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Australian Cricket Board. Coaching youth

cricket.- Human Kinetics, 2000.
Goodway,Kent. Your cricket coach.Human, 2002. (Afrikaans title: Jou
krieketafrigter)
Oslear,Don. Wisden - the laws of cricket:
the 2000 code and its interpretations.Ebury, 2000.
Tainton,Neil Melbourne and Klug,John.
The cricket pitch and its outfield.- Univ.
Natal P., 2002.

Large print books

Hopps,David. Free as a bird: the life and
times of Harold `Dickie' Bird.- Chivers,
1997.
Bird,Dickie and Keith Lodge. Dickie Bird:
my autobiography.- Chivers,1998.

Juvenile books
Gifford,Clive. Cricket.- Hodder,1999.
( J 796.3582 GIF)
*Smith, Andy. Cricket.- Heinemann, 2003.
The young cricketer.- Dorling Kindersley,
1999. ( J 796.358 YOU)

Literacy readers
Abrahams,Eugene. Paul Adams.-Viva
Bks.,1998. (L 796.358 ABR)
Leigh,Peter. Brian Lara.- Hodder,1997.
(L 796.358 LEI)
Leigh,Peter. Imran Khan.- Hodder,1997.
(L 796.358 LEI)
* Titles marked with an asterisk denote those
books on order but not yet in public libraries at
time of writing.