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100 years of cricket (pb)

100 years of cricket (pb)

A fabulous photographic tribute to sport straight from the archives of the Press Association....

£14.99

Alec Stewart's Companion (HB)

Alec Stewart's Companion (HB)

When Alec Stewart scored a century in his 100th Test, the sheer length of the standing...

£15.29

£16.99

A majestic innings - writings ON cricket

A majestic innings - writings ON cricket

'Cricket is much more than a game to Mr James: it is a way of life' quote from Neville Cardus...

£7.99

Ashes Frontline - The Ashes Diaries by Steve Harmison and Justin Langer

Ashes Frontline - The Ashes Diaries by Steve Harmison and Justin Langer

Ashes Frontline follows Harmison and Langer and their respective teams from Day One at...

£6.49

£12.99

Bradman And The Summer That Changed Cricket (HB)

Bradman And The Summer That Changed Cricket (HB)

Sir Donald Bradman is widely considered to be the greatest batsman who has ever lived. In...

£18.99

C.l.r james - beyond A boundary

C.l.r james - beyond A boundary

Widely regarded as a cricketing masterpiece, Beyond a Boundary is less a sports book, more a...

£7.99

Crash bang wallop TWENTY20 a history

Crash bang wallop TWENTY20 a history

From the dressing rooms, the cricket fields and the divided halls of power within the game,...

£9.99

Cricket - celebrating the modern game around the world

Cricket - celebrating the modern game around the world

A unique celebration of the past 25 years in cricket including a whole new section on this...

£30.00

Cricket on this Day (HB)

Cricket on this Day (HB)

From the first Test match Cricket on this Day chronicles the major events in the history of...

£9.99

Cricket's burning passion

Cricket's burning passion

When England's cricketers lost the Oval Test against Australia in the summer of 1882, it...

£17.99

Crickets great allrounders (hb)

Crickets great allrounders (hb)

This book includes less known facts, namely Garry Sobers was born with twelve fingers. Alan...

£17.99

Cricket's greatest characters

Cricket's greatest characters

In addition to the usual suspects you would expect to find within the pages of such book...

£8.99

England Cricket On This Day (HB)

England Cricket On This Day (HB)

England on this Day contains all of the important dates in the long history of English...

£9.99

Exiles and kings (hb)

Exiles and kings (hb)

Exiles and Kings examines the modern history of English cricket and at times the uneasy...

£17.99

Frith on Cricket (HB)

Frith on Cricket (HB)

Frith on Cricket is a broad collection of the best of David Frith's writings on the game's...

£18.00

Greatest moments of cricket (hb)

Greatest moments of cricket (hb)

Little Book of the Greatest Moments of Cricket is a 96-page hardback book written by Ralph...

£6.99

Grovel the story and legacy of the summer of 1976

Grovel the story and legacy of the summer of 1976

Spurred on by what they saw as a deeply offensive remark, especially from a white South...

£18.99

History of Cricket Book Paperback

History of Cricket Book Paperback

A fantastic history of cricket which portrays the game's progress from Grace to Warne. It...

£5.49

£10.99

Illustrated history of indian cricket

Illustrated history of indian cricket

This book takes you on a journey through the highs and lows of Indian Cricket, from its...

£22.00

£25.00

in it to win it - the australian cricket supremacy

in it to win it - the australian cricket supremacy

Australia's leading cricket writer describes and analyses Australia's cricket supremacy over...

£7.99

Inside Out - Writings on Cricket (PB)

Inside Out - Writings on Cricket (PB)

Gideon Haigh is now accepted as unquestionably the finest contemporary writer on cricket:...

£7.64

£8.99

Its Not the Winning that Counts (HB)

Its Not the Winning that Counts (HB)

From Ancient Greece to the Beijing Olympics, sport has delivered thrilling victories and...

£12.99

Life beyond the airing cupboard (hb) signed copy

Life beyond the airing cupboard (hb) signed copy

Following up on the success of The Appeal Of The Championship, (published in 2005), John...

£15.00

LITTLE BOOK OF CRICKET (HB)

LITTLE BOOK OF CRICKET (HB)

The Little Book of Cricket, is printed in partnership with the Lord's Taveners, so it is...

£3.50

£6.99

More than A game - cricket's early years (unsigned copy)

More than A game - cricket's early years (unsigned copy)

The former Prime Minister John Major explores the early history of cricket, one of his great...

£21.00

£25.00

Personalized International Cricket Book

Personalized International Cricket Book

Relive those sporting moments of International Cricket from 1905. Read about the greatest...

£44.99

Presidents of m.c.c hardback

Presidents of m.c.c hardback

There have been more than 200 Presidents of MCC. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the office...

£19.99

Shane warnes century MY top 100 test cricketers (hb)

Shane warnes century MY top 100 test cricketers (hb)

With a flamboyant approach to the game on and off the pitch, Australia's greatest bowler...

£17.99

Silent Revolutions - Writings on Cricket History

Silent Revolutions - Writings on Cricket History

This book explores cricket past and present, the events that shaped the game and the...

£8.09

£8.99

Sweet Summers The Classic Cricket Writing of JM Kilburn (HB)

Sweet Summers The Classic Cricket Writing of JM Kilburn (HB)

Named Wisden Book of the Year 2009. For more than forty summers, J M Kilburn was one of...

£16.99

Test cricket lists

Test cricket lists

This is the fully updated 5th Edition of Test Cricket Lists, offering cricket fans a guide to...

£15.00

the ashes miscellany (hb)

the ashes miscellany (hb)

This neat hardback book is the perfect appetiser for the nPower Ashes Series 2009 in England,...

£9.99

The A to Z of Cricket (HB)

The A to Z of Cricket (HB)

The A-Z of Cricket by Ralph Dellor and Stephen Lamb is packed full of cricket highlights and...

£6.99

The Centurions From Grace to Ramprakash (HB)

The Centurions From Grace to Ramprakash (HB)

Only twenty-five batsmen in the history of cricket have scored 100 hundreds.The first was the...

£18.00

The Daily Telegraph Book of Cricket (PB)

The Daily Telegraph Book of Cricket (PB)

Remarkably, a paper as committed to sports coverage as the Telegraph has never collected all...

£8.99

£9.99

the green and golden age (writings on cricket)

the green and golden age (writings on cricket)

In this new, unlike the previous two, Haigh turns his thoughts to the modern game in the...

£8.99

Twenty20 Cricket Guide 2009 (PB)

Twenty20 Cricket Guide 2009 (PB)

The revolution has finally arrived. Twenty20, cricket's little brother since its inception in...

£12.99

Victory - England's Greatest Modern Test Wins

Victory - England's Greatest Modern Test Wins

As any follower of the England cricket team will know there are periods of high excitment and...

£14.99

£17.99

You must like cricket - memoirs of an indian cricket fan

You must like cricket -  memoirs of an indian cricket fan

Soumya Bhattacharya is a cricketing obsessive who has loved the game for his whole life, and...

£12.00

Of Didcot and the Demon: The Cricketing Times of Alan Gibson (HB)

Of Didcot and the Demon: The Cricketing Times of Alan Gibson (HB)

The game of cricket has been blessed with many fine writers, but for wit and learning none...

£17.99

£20.00

Magnificent Seven Yorkshire's champions of the Championship years

Magnificent Seven Yorkshire's champions of the Championship years

At the start of the 1959 season, Yorkshire had not won an outright County Championship for 13...

£16.99

The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket (HB)

The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket (HB)

"The Complete Encyclopedia of Cricket" is a comprehensive, single-volume illustrated...

£25.00

Category Description

There are many books that explore cricket's past, be it a famous tournament such as the Ashes, legendary players such as Jim Laker, or even favourite cricket grounds such as The Oval. Our comprehensive range of cricket books delve into the history of individual teams and clubs, be it England or county sides such as Kent County Cricket Club or Hampshire CCC.

Charting the History of Cricket

Our books look back to the very beginnings of the sport, from the Birth of the Ashes and even Test Match Cricket at the Oval since 1880. There is even an exclusive publication from the fanatics at Wisden charting the obituaries from various cricket figures - even the Lord's cat!

Many of these interesting books make ideal gifts for cricket fans of all ages, as a rich source of historical information that makes utterly fascinating reading.

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