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A memoir by Dennis Amiss

by Ken on March 12, 2021

Not Out at Close of Play, a life in cricket, Dennis Amiss A review by Ken Piesse Available from cricketbooks.com.au, $60 posted November 30 1974: As Brian Luckhurst and Dennis Amiss are walking out to open England’s innings, they spy the length of Dennis Lillee’s run-up.
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A UNIQUE CRICKET CONTRIBUTION

by Ken on February 23, 2021

By Ron Reed Sportshounds.com.au JACK Potter enjoyed two pretty good cricket careers – one as a player and one as a coach, both of which were celebrated in Melbourne on Friday when his biography, Born Lucky, was launched at a lunch put on by the Australian Cricket Society and the Victorian Taverners. Potter, 82,…
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JACK POTTER’S BORN LUCKY

by Ken on November 28, 2020

A Review by Ken Davis My first meeting with Jack Potter occurred at Windy Hill when as a 16 year old I was starting my District cricket career with the Bombers. Priding myself at being a reasonably athletic fielder who typically fielded in gully or the covers, I was somewhat taken aback when our captain…
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if not me, who?

by Ken on August 22, 2020

Tony Greig was among the first millionaire cricketers, amiable, engaging, charismatic, a born leader. He was also a realist and when Ian Botham started his arresting rise towards England’s Test team, Greig knew that his cherished days as an international cricketer were limited.
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