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Cricket Books

neville cardus

International Debutant
I must take this oportunity to express my appreciation for the fantastic work Archie_Mac has done on Book Reviews here. Its not just a sign of his immense love for the game and his stature as as a very keen student of it but also a fantastic service he has provided to the fraternity here.

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Echoed.
 

SJS

Hall of Fame Member
:wub: Thanks, I sometimes wonder if anyone reads them, but I have had some good feedback, including a relative of Sam Costick contacting me, to find a copy of the book on his Great great relative:)
I must confess I havent read all of them but whenever I have done so it has been rewarding.

I am also very jealous of how much you get to read :@
 

neville cardus

International Debutant
:wub: Thanks, I sometimes wonder if anyone reads them, but I have had some good feedback, including a relative of Sam Costick contacting me, to find a copy of the book on his Great great relative:)
That must've been very special. The review was obviously before my time, but the subject matter's obviously of great interest to me. Please post a link.
 

stumpski

International Captain
I've got a couple of nearly written ones - good to see that people read the book reviews.

You will have more from me 'in due course' as well Archie. Just a question of getting enough time on the net - it probably needs my daughter to go away for the weekend tbh.
 

stumpski

International Captain
Actually I'm not reading a cricket book at the moment - most unusually for me - but I have several old(ish) books that you don't have reviews for as yet and which often turn up on sites like ebay. What about David Frith's 'Fast men' and 'Slow Men' - could that work as a two in one do you think? And I want to get hold of Michael Simkins' book 'Fatty Batter' as I keep hearing good things about it - I'll let you know.
 

steds

Hall of Fame Member
And I want to get hold of Michael Simkins' book 'Fatty Batter' as I keep hearing good things about it - I'll let you know.
Nabbed a copy of that last week. Not read it, yet. Stuck in Penguins Stopped Play by Harry Thompson atm. My mam says it's hilarious, though
 
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archie mac

International Coach
Actually I'm not reading a cricket book at the moment - most unusually for me - but I have several old(ish) books that you don't have reviews for as yet and which often turn up on sites like ebay. What about David Frith's 'Fast men' and 'Slow Men' - could that work as a two in one do you think? And I want to get hold of Michael Simkins' book 'Fatty Batter' as I keep hearing good things about it - I'll let you know.
The Frith idea would be great. I have not heard of Fatty Batter?

I picked up a copy of 'Grovel' looks okay, I will have to read it soon, just reading Ian Botham's latest bio:)
 

stumpski

International Captain
I was wondering that today, funnily enough. I've just picked up 'Fatty Batter' - read about 50 pages already - and would be happy to write the review if no-one else gets there first. But what's the deal on quoting from a book? Are we in breach of copyright or anything?
 

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