Mike Brearley

great book, great author, great series

Fun reading this... knew nothing about this series, but I am just starting to get into the sport, so it was a little history lesson for me.

The finest book on cricket I've ever read by the proverbial country mile... Worth it for Brearley's analysis of "back of the hand merchants" alone.

As with anything Brearley has written, it's 'brainy' and in this case quite well put together with good selection of illustrations.