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Masters of Cricket
Offering a series of portraits of some of the greatest cricketers in the game's history, this book also provides an overview of the state of cricket at the time of writing in 1958. The author was a Test batsman who became a prolific writer on the sport.
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264 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1958
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June 23, 2020
This is a wonderful book to do some time-travel and go back in time to enjoy the cricketing yarns. Additionally the stories are coming from one of the most articulate author of those times- Jack Fingleton with an unique advantage of high level international cricketing experience combined with the journalistic rigor.
Jack Fingleton takes some of the memorable characters including Victor Trumper, Jack Hobbs, Bill Ponsford among others. He also gives his thoughts on some of the cricketing topics current at the time of writing including Australian captaincy, pitches, tactics etc.
Every pen portrait of the cricketer is different and doesn’t necessarily follow a set pattern which in fact adds to the personalities. In most of the scenarios, we also get a glimpse of the people, thought-process and not just focused on achievements on cricketing field. But he intersperses the narrative with many cricketing anecdotes and vignettes and are applicable even today.One of the things that stand out is definitely the clear and firmness of the views of the author who takes a stand on many points that are brought up.
The book has to be enjoyed in the right context as some of the musings may not be immediately relatable given the years gone by and requires some patience, but definitely go for it if you enjoy some of the historical moments in cricketing history.
Jack Fingleton takes some of the memorable characters including Victor Trumper, Jack Hobbs, Bill Ponsford among others. He also gives his thoughts on some of the cricketing topics current at the time of writing including Australian captaincy, pitches, tactics etc.
Every pen portrait of the cricketer is different and doesn’t necessarily follow a set pattern which in fact adds to the personalities. In most of the scenarios, we also get a glimpse of the people, thought-process and not just focused on achievements on cricketing field. But he intersperses the narrative with many cricketing anecdotes and vignettes and are applicable even today.One of the things that stand out is definitely the clear and firmness of the views of the author who takes a stand on many points that are brought up.
The book has to be enjoyed in the right context as some of the musings may not be immediately relatable given the years gone by and requires some patience, but definitely go for it if you enjoy some of the historical moments in cricketing history.
February 2, 2019
I like Fingleton's writing. He writes beautfiul pen portraits of players, and in this collection of essays I particularly liked those of Trumper, Bardsley and Collins. He also strikes the right balance between praise and thoughtful criticism, not writing for attention, but writing because he means it. Worth reading if you can find it
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