Peter Oborne

Not always cricket

Nothing can beat the early days of English cricket for exuberance and patriotism. But the brawling and fake nationalism of today’s test team is dispiriting

issue 10 November 2018

  • England: The Biography The Story of English Cricket, 1877–2018

    Simon Wilde

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 614

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