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All roads lead to The Oval

Picturesque Kennington south of London with its dog parks and magnificent Kia Oval is the centrepiece for the English Championship showdown between hosts and reigning champions Surrey and Nottinghamshire from tomorrow.

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MORE THAN A GAME

Cricket in Barbados is more than a game, says historian BRIAN STODDART Ever since CLR James released his seminal Beyond a Boundary in 1963, we have all known that cricket has always been way more than a game in the Caribbean. All that background social meaning was displayed in Fire...

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KEN PIESSE IN THE WINDIES

Barbados and the Caribbean islands remain irresistible tourist havens, but the declining interest in cricket is alarming, says KEN PIESSE.

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A SILKY GENIUS

KEN PIESSE, author of more than 60 books on cricket, pays tribute to one of his heroes Bob Cowper who died this week, aged 84. So effortlessly sublime and exquisite was the quality of Bob Cowper’s silky stroke-play, that Australia’s Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies would have his chauffeur take...

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CHAPPELL’S CHAMPIONS

Don’t you love a book so entrancing and evocative you simply can’t put it down? Barry Nicholls’ masterly memoir of Australia’s coming-of-age Ashes tour in 1972 is immersive and sparkles from page 1 when Ian Chappell fielded a phone in a Hindley Street hotel one lunchtime.

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WISDEN CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR

One Hell of a Life: Brian Close – Daring, Defiant and Daft has been named Wisden’s Book of the Year for 2024. Stephen Chalke’s biography of the former England, Yorkshire and Somerset captain has been selected by this year’s Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack reviewer David Woodhouse as the outstanding cricket book...

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