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Cricket and Literature
Wed, April 11 2018
Place of Execution: Val McDermid’s fleeting connection with cricket
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 true aficionado of books and cricket put the volume down after that?
Sun, April 08 2018
Laurie Lee knocked out by beer bottle during a Test match
Laurie Lee, famous English poet, novelist, and screenwriter, had chosen the wrong day to watch cricket.
Tue, January 09 2018
Excerpts from an unusual 1891 Indian cricket book
The author, Mohammad Abdullah Khan, had promised to ‘entertain’ the readers. He did a good job at it.
Fri, December 08 2017
Savukshaw, Rohinton Mistry’s “greatest [cricketer] of them all”
Thanks to Savukshaw, things took such unusual proceedings that MCC’s annual ball budget took a serious toll.
Fri, September 29 2017
Rupert Brooke: The cricketing connections of the youthful poet
Apart from cricket, Rupert Brooke was also more than competent at rugby.
Fri, September 29 2017
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The grandfather of an England captain did not know much about the game
Lord Tennyson knew that there was bowling, and something called stumping, involved in cricket, but...
Fri, September 22 2017
Lord Byron’s poetic trysts with cricket
Eton won the match against Lord Byron’s Harrow and followed it with a poem to rub it in. Byron rose to the challenge.
Fri, September 22 2017
Elizabeth Barrett Browning and her cricketing notes
There is evidence to suggest that Elizabeth Barrett Browning played a bit of cricket at Colwall Green, under the Malvern Hills.
Mon, September 18 2017
Rood leer op wilgenhout: One of the most unusual cricket books
The foreword makes this a truly incredible volume. It is by none other than AB de Villiers.
Wed, September 13 2017
George Orwell’s wrath about cricket and war
George Orwell drew firm boundaries between cricket and war in a scathing letter.