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West Indies Cricket Books
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The
Glory Days - 25 Great West Indian Cricketers, celebrates
the stars of West Indies cricket. Batsmen like Headley, Walcott,
Weekes, Worrell, Sobers, Richards and Lara; and bowlers like Hall,
Gibbs, Roberts, Holding, Marshall, Ambrose and Walsh. There are
profiles, career highlights and statistics of the 25 greatest West
Indies cricketers, accompanied by loads of superb photos. |
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Wisden
Caribbean Cricket is
an excellent book, which features profiles of the thirty West Indians
nominated for cricketer of the century. This fascinating book also
features articles and fascinating photographs many them never published
before. Wisden Caribbean Cricket covers from the early days of the
legends like George Headley, Learie Constantine, through to this
generations batting great Brian Lara’s world test record of
400 set in Antigua in 2004. |
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Caribbean Cricket review
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A
History Of West Indies Cricket,offers
West Indian fans and all cricket enthusiast the complete story of West
Indies in Test and International cricket. This comprehensive book runs
from the first tour of Englandin 1906 and the official Test matches in
1928, to the first test series won abroad in 1950, and through to 2000.
At the same time the author Michael Manley who serve as Prime Minister
of Jamaica from 1972-1980, recalls his own enthusiasm for
the game, kindleed at the age of ten when he watched George Headley
make 270 not out against the English tourist in 1934-5, and the
devastating fast bowling of Martindale and Constantine. |
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Gary
Sobers My Autobiography
This book takes a comprehensive look at the life of Gary Sobers the
greatest cricketer ever to grace the cricket field. This book details
his debut for Barbados in 1953, through to his retirement in 1974. He
also reveals his personal feelings including the devastation of losing
his closest friend Collie Smith in a fatel car crash. Sober's views on
the current state of cricket and the future of cricket are also
detailed.
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Maco-The
Malcolm Marshall Story,
Maco: The Malcolm Marshall story. “Maco” is the
story of Malcolm Marshall’s rise to fame as
possibly the greatest West Indian fast bowler of all time.
The book chronicles his life from his birth in Barbados to his
premature death from colon cancer at the age of 41.
Marshall’s career is described in his own words with
additional commentary from fellow players.
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A
Nation Imagine The
publication of A Nation Imagined falls squarely within the West Indies
Cricket Board’s celebrations of 75 years of West
Indies’ entry into Test cricket. Produced under the theme
“75 Years of Windies Test Cricket: Uniting the Region,
Exciting the World”, this commemorative book is a treasure
trove of facts and anecdotes and a must have for every cricket lover. |
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The
Wisden History Of Cricket World Cup The
West Indies will host the ninth Cricket World Cup during March - April
2007. Each of the previous eight world cups were comprehensively cover
by Wisden.
Now Miller publishing the pulishers of Wisden
Caribbean Cricket mixes original Wisden reports
with new material provided by some of the worlds leading cricket
writers, to produce another fantastic book The
Wisden History of Cricket World Cup.
This book is edited by
Tony Cozier the renowned and respected West Indian cricket
commentator and journalist. The foreword is by Clive Lloyd the former
West Indies captain and the first captain to lift the cricket word
cupin 1975 when West Indies won the inaugurable tournament |
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