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November 22, 2021 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

Books to read at the cricket? Biography by Max Frisch

2 minute readHave you tried to read summat while at a cricket match? Let us know how it went at king@kingcricket.co.uk Ged Ladd writes… The play Biography by Max Frisch was top of my reading pile for Day Three of the first Lord’s test of the 2021 summer, which I had planned/booked

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April 28, 2020 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? The Tartar Steppe by Dino Buzzati

< 1 minute readHave you tried to read summat while at a cricket match? Let us know how it went at king@kingcricket.co.uk Edwardian writes: This was the day Alastair Cook scored his final Test century. I was at Lord’s to watch Middlesex play Kent and also to meet up with regular King Cricket

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February 19, 2019 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? The Price of Fish by Ian Harris and Michael Mainelli

2 minute readGed Ladd writes: Disclosure: One of The Price Of Fish’s authors, Ian Harris, is my nom d’actualité. I had been invited by the London School of Economics for a video interview around some of the subject matter in the award-winning book, The Price of Fish, A New Approach to Wicked

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November 8, 2018 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? How to Lie With Statistics by Darrell Huff

2 minute readOur Books to read at the cricket? feature involves readers (let’s be honest, mostly Ged) trying to work out whether or not books are suitable for reading between balls and overs when attending a cricket match. Regular correspondent Ged Ladd writes: I was reminded of this wonderful little book, How

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November 18, 2017 Cricket books | reviews and recommendations

Books to read at the cricket? Herding Cats: The Art of Amateur Cricket Captaincy by Charlie Campbell

< 1 minute readEdwardian writes Charlie Campbell is the captain of the Author’s XI. I’ve seen these roosters a couple of times at the Wormsley ‘Words and Wickets’ festival.  In 2014 there was a tent displaying the latest Jaguar cars and the food was provided by Jamie Oliver. I marvelled at the burgers

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August 31, 2017 Extras

Books to read at the cricket? Iphigenia Among The Taurians by Euripides

2 minute readGed writes: Plays are generally quite good for reading during a day of county cricket. It doesn’t take all that long to read a play. In my case, this means I get to see cricket, read a play, do some general reading (e.g. from The Economist and/or The Week) and

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March 13, 2017 Extras

Books to read at the cricket – A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole

2 minute readGed writes: This was a first for me in the matter of reading a novel while watching county cricket. In the past, at cricket, I have always gone for: factual books (usually on economics, psychology, ethics or some mixture of those things) plays journal articles and/or my general weekly reading

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  1. Ged Ladd on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 16, 2025

    Indeed. Unfortunately, I cannot join the ranks of those who provide such reviews on Amazon, as, seven years ago, I…

  2. Tim on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 16, 2025

    Meanwhile, despite Bumrah's efforts, great result for another touring side, South Africa in India - incredible match https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/south-africa-in-india-2025-26-1479563/india-vs-south-africa-1st-test-1479571/live-cricket-score

  3. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 16, 2025

    More impartial five star reviews please!

  4. Ged Ladd on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 15, 2025

    The book has, apparently, been very well received by Amazon reader(s) so far. https://www.amazon.co.uk/50-Most-Ridiculous-Ashes-Moments/dp/1923135694

  5. King Cricket on Jasprit Bumrah v four spinners, Bangladesh v Ireland, papal seal, Ashes filtration | Mop-up of the dayNovember 15, 2025

    Honestly no idea what's going on. We presume where places had stock and now don't that those copies made their…

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