The Authors XI : a season of English cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by Authors Cricket Club instant download

The Authors XI : a season of English cricket from Hackney to Hambledon by Authors Cricket Club instant download

ix, 226 pages ; 23 cm, Cricket has perhaps held more writers in its thrall than any other sport: many excellent books have been written about it, and many great authors have played it. The Authors Cricket Club used to play regularly against teams made up of Publishers and Actors. They last played in 1912, and include among their alumni such greats as PG Wodehouse, Arthur Conan Doyle and JM Barrie. A hundred years on from their last match, a team of modern-day authors has been assembled to continue this fine literary and sporting tradition in a nationwide tour in search of the perfect day's cricket, Foreword / Sebastian Faulks -- Introduction / Charlie Campbell -- Nets / Peter Frankopan -- Empire State of Mind / Matthew Parker -- Field of Dreams / James Holland -- Cricket and Broadcasting / Jon Hotten -- Cricket and the Establishment / Amol Rajan -- Youth and Age / Tom Holland -- Cricket and Kit / Charlie Campbell -- The Women's XI / Kamila Shamsie -- Cricket and Memory / William Fiennes -- Cricket and Books / Sam Carter -- Cricket and History / Thomas Penn -- Sport and Stage / Ed Smith -- Edwardian Cricket and Downton Abbey / Dan Stevens -- Cricket and Home / Nicholas Hogg -- Cricket and Class / Anthony McGowan -- Cricket and Regret : An Elegy for a Season / Alex Preston -- Rain / Richard Beard -- Statistics / Andy Zaltzman -- Player Biographies