Cricket and Literature

Place of Execution: Val McDermid’s fleeting connection with cricket
Arunabha SenguptaApril 11, 2018 9:24 PM IST
The very first paragraph reads: “It was in Buxton, after all, that snow once stopped play in a county cricket match in June.” Can a
Laurie Lee knocked out by beer bottle during a Test match
Abhishek MukherjeeApril 9, 2018 8:00 AM IST
Laurie Lee, famous English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, had chosen the wrong day to watch cricket.
Unusual excerpts from an 1891 Indian cricket book
Abhishek MukherjeeJanuary 9, 2018 11:13 AM IST
The author, Mohammad Abdullah Khan, had promised to ‘entertain’ the readers. He did a good job at it.
Savukshaw, Rohinton Mistry’s “greatest [cricketer] of them all”
Abhishek MukherjeeDecember 8, 2017 4:09 PM IST
Thanks to Savukshaw, things took such unusual proceedings that MCC’s annual ball budget took a serious toll.
Rupert Brooke: The cricketing connections of the youthful poet
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 3, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Apart from cricket, Rupert Brooke was also more than competent at rugby.
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The grandfather of an England captain did not know much about the game
Arunabha SenguptaOctober 2, 2017 7:30 AM IST
Lord Tennyson knew that there was bowling, and something called stumping, involved in cricket, but...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her cricketing notes
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 28, 2017 8:00 AM IST
There is evidence to suggest that Elizabeth Barrett Browning played a bit of cricket at Colwall Green, under the Malvern Hills.
Byron’s poetic trysts with cricket
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 30, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Eton won the match against Lord Byron’s Harrow and followed it with a poem to rub it in. Byron rose to the challenge.
Byron’s foray onto the cricket pitch
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 21, 2017 3:22 PM IST
Lord Byron had a club foot. However, he did venture onto the cricket pitch in the rather prestigious Eton vs Harrow encounter of 1805.
Rood leer op wilgenhout: One of the most unusual cricket books
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 25, 2017 8:00 AM IST
The foreword makes this a truly incredible volume. It is by none other than AB de Villiers.
George Orwell’s wrath about cricket and war
Arunabha SenguptaSeptember 20, 2017 7:30 AM IST
George Orwell drew firm boundaries between cricket and war in a scathing letter.
Chapter 16: Clash of the Titans
S. Giridhar, V J RaghunathSeptember 4, 2017 9:09 PM IST
If ever there was a head-on contest between two legends that decided the outcome of a game poised on knife’s edge, India vs Australia at
1658: First mention of a cricket ball in literature
Abhishek MukherjeeJuly 12, 2017 5:26 PM IST
Edward Phillips Jr, perhaps unknowingly, made the first mention of a cricket ball in literature.
Cyril Ritchard’s Bodyline Song
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 3, 2017 8:00 AM IST
Cyril Ritchard, born December 1, 1898, was a famed Australian stage, screen and television actor and director.
Charles Dickens: Cricket and Edwin Drood
Arunabha SenguptaJuly 1, 2017 12:00 PM IST
Cricket did crop up in the work of Charles Dickens many a time.