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Jim Swanton
Wed, December 09 2015
JW McKenzie Cricket Books: The only cricket bookshop in the world
Tucked away in the town of Epsom, Surrey, hidden unobtrusively in the middle of residential buildings and nondescript stores, the JW McKenzie Cricket Books is a treasure-trove for cricket lovers.
Sun, September 14 2014
Commentators in cricket history 8: Alan Gibson’s genius and other demons
Alan Gibson was perhaps the most learned man ever to hold the microphone as a cricket broadcaster, someone who brought classical knowledge into his reporting. In the eighth part of the series on cricket commentators, Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and career of this man in whom flair and erudition forever battled with whimsy and the bottle.
Tue, September 02 2014
Commentators in cricket history – 6: EW “Jim” Swanton – The old reliable
A man who got the 1939 Wisden stamped as Not Subversive by the Japanese at a Prisoner of War camp, EW Swanton was one of the pioneering commentators and a regular member of the Test Match Special team.