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Rogers a certainty for Cardiff

Those predicting the demise of Chris Rogers as Australia’s opening batsman for the first Test in Cardiff are wrong. Rogers may be the oldest in the party, but in English conditions, he will be one of the first chosen… and at the head of the order ahead of Shaun Marsh. Only injury stopped Rogers from […]

100 not out, this weekend!

Noni Kelly turns 100 this weekend (Saturday). She is the only surviving grand daughter of TJD Kelly, the first Australian to hit eight consecutive fours in the second Test match against England in 1876-77. TJD’s great grandson Peter Richardson  is very proud of his family’s achievements in cricket. He lives in the southern highlands, once home to […]

No ABC Cricket Book for this summer’s Ashes

For the first time since 1934, the ABC will not produce an Ashes cricket book for the coming 2015 northern summer. Senior commentator Jim Maxwell said it was an unfortunate sign of the times. A 2015-16 summer ABC Cricket Book is likely. Collecting ‘ABCs’ has become a lifetime habit for many, with many updating the […]

Welcome to my new website

Hello everyone Have taken our cricketbooks.com.au website into the 21st Century… with a complete overhaul and a relaunch…. do check out the new coming titles and the reviews which include Barry Nicholls’ highly-recommended The Establishment Boys ($35), to be launched in September in Melbourne. Also just in is the Official MCC story of the Ashes […]