Michael Henderson

Hit for six | 5 January 2017

For Mark Nicholas it will always be a beautiful game; but for Jonathan Trott it has brought misery, humiliation and breakdown

  • Unguarded: My Autobiography

    Jonathan Trott

    Sphere, pp. 288

  • A Beautiful Game

    Mark Nicholas

    Allen & Unwin, pp. 420

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