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Mike Brearley on Cricket
Mike Brearley, Ramachandra Guha, Suresh Menon
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Insightful humorous, On Cricket is an intelligent expositing of the game’s idiosyncratic culture and its enduring appeal. Mike Brearley was arguably one of England’s finest cricket captains; not just for his outstanding record leading his country but also for the way he orchestrated, during the 1981 Ashes series, one of the most extraordinary reversals in sporting history.
In this collection of sparkling essays, Brearley reflects on the game he has come to know so well. He ranges from the personal – the influence of his Yorkshire father and the idols of his youth – to controversial aspects of the professional game, including cheating, corruption, and innovation, the latter often being on a borderline between genius and rebellion.
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Mike Brearley
John Michael Brearley is a retired English first-class cricketer who captained Cambridge University, Middlesex, and England. He captained the international side in 31 of his 39 Test, winning 17 and losing only 4. Since his retirement from professional cricket he has pursued a career as a writer and psychoanalyst, serving as President of the British Psychoanalytical Society 2008–10. He is married to Mana Sarabhai who is from India and they have 2 children together.
Dr. Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha is a historian and biographer. He has taught at the universities of Yale and Stanford, held the Arné Naess Chair at the University of Oslo, and been the Indo-American Community Visiting Professor at the University of California at Berkeley. His books and essays have been translated into more than twenty languages. In 2009, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, the Republic of India’s third highest civilian honour.
Suresh Menon
Suresh Menon, author and columnist, was one of India’s youngest newspaper editors with the New Indian Express. In his 20s, he became Sports Editor of the undivided Indian Express in New Delhi. He is currently editor, Wisden India Almanack, the ‘Bible of cricket’, and Contributing Editor, The Hindu. His books include Bishan: Portrait of a Cricketer, and Pataudi: Nawab of Cricket.
