Michael Parkinson on Cricket |
|
 | Michael Parkinson On Cricket demonstrates that the author is more than just the chuckling, knee-stroking king of the TV chat-show jungle. Parkinson is also a practiced and perceptive sports writer with a particular passion for cricket, which he explores in this selection of typically intelligent, spirited and humane journalism. Tutored in the love, legends and laws of the game by an equally impassioned cricket fan, his father, Parkinson dabbled in playing, before settling into a lifelong habit of watching in awe and wonder at the great deeds of greater men--but those first steps towards the crease, when his dreams of glory as a Yorkshire schoolboy had not yet been dampened by a lack of ability, offer some of the funniest and most poignant moments in this collection. The portraits of cricketers--stars and journeymen; saintly and scurrilous--cover nostalgic reflections on boyhood heroes such as Don Bradman, through to pointed analysis of modern-day maestros such as Warne and Atherton. ... read more.
Written by Michael Parkinson.
Published 03 October 2002.
Published by Hodder & Stoughton Ltd.
rrp £14.99.
288 pages Hardcover.
ISBN: 0340825073
ISBN-13: 9780340825075 | |
| |
|
Retrieving prices, please wait ...
If you can't see any prices after a few seconds, click here
|
|
|