SJA Academy member Oliver Whitmore makes the case for England cricketer Joe Root to take the SJA British Sports Awards prize for Sportsman of the Year…
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Ashes summer 50 years ago featured vandalism and ‘freaker’ but made star out of Steele
The England cricket team of today has been taking on India in a feisty five-Test series, but half a century ago, Australia were visiting for a four-Te…
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‘Virtually unplayable’ on damp days, Derek Underwood’s story is told in fresh biography
A new biography of England spin king Derek Underwood and his relationship with the Kerry Packer organisation is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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From dingy shacks to grand designs – cricket pavilions celebrated in Pearson’s new book
A picture-led publication tracing the history of British cricket pavilions from the basic to the grand is reviewed by Eric Brown...…
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‘A cocktail of fascinating history’: County cricket distilled in Scyld Berry’s ‘Disappearing World’
Award-winning author Scyld Berry draws on 50 years of reporting county cricket to write on the state of the game in each of the 18 counties, in a book…
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Astute, abrasive and admired – Ray Illingworth merits the engrossing biography ‘Yorkshire Grit’
The first biography of Ray Illingworth for nearly 50 years explores a capacity for seeking out trouble with his blunt nature but winning over doubters…
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Harry Brook, Kevin Howells and Nat Sciver-Brunt score honours at Cricket Writers’ Club Awards
Brook named CWC’s England player of the year, while BBC broadcaster Howells picks up Peter Smith Award and Sciver-Brunt takes Women’s Cric…
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SJA Sportsman of the Year: The case for Stuart Broad
After his magical final spell earned England an Ashes series draw, should Stuart Broad also end his career with SJA British Sports Awards honours? …
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SJA Sportswoman of the Year: The case for Tammy Beaumont
Should Tammy Beaumont's double hundred for England in an Ashes Test help to guide her to glory at the SJA British Sports Awards?…
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Cricket Writers’ Club release open letter in appeal to ECB to re-think jobs cull
The Cricket Writers’ Club have appealed to the ECB to rethink cost-saving plans which would slash county cricket coverage and involve a mass cull of…
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