The Top 100 Cricketers of All Time (PAPERBACK)
UK £8.99,Canada $18.00,
UK Publication June 2010
ISBN 9781906850104
Paperback
Page Extent 256
Christopher Martin-Jenkins, the voice of BBC Radio 4’s Test Match Special and chief cricket correspondent for The Times and the Daily Telegraph, presents a century of the very best players the game has ever produced.
Updated following England’s Ashes victory in 2009, this paperback edition sees CMJ attempt at the challenge he himself calls ‘impossible but irresistible’ of choosing the 100 best bowlers, batsmen and fielders since records began and ranking them against each other. How will heroes of contemporary cricket such as Tendulkar, Ponting, Pietersen, Brett Lee, Muttiah Muralitharan or Jacques Kallis fare against icons such as W.G. Grace, Don Bradman and Gary Sobers? And will you agree?
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‘Elegantly written concise and thorough – a delicious provocation for any cricket fan’ Natal Mercury, South Africa
‘His exquisite turns of phrase are particularly memorable … The research is vast with appropriate light and shade, giving an insight into the wider cultural, social and political backgrounds that divide, unify and drive these men … succeeds in giving an old topic a breath of fresh air’ cricket365.com
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Christopher Martin-Jenkins has commentated for BBC Radio 4's Test Match Special since 1973. During that time he has also been editor of The Cricketer, Chief Cricket Correspondent for BBC Television, the Telegraph and The Times, and perennial winner of The Wisden Cricketer best cricket writer poll. He has written a number of acclaimed books, including Men for All Seasons, An Australian Summer, and the bestselling Complete Who's Who of Test Cricketers.
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