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World Cup Cricket Reading

by Ash Sharma
11 Mar 2007 • Comment (0) • Print
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A list of essential cricket books to read while watching the World Cup:

C.L.R. James (2005)[1963] Beyond a Boundary, Yellow Jersey Press, New Ed. Press

Ashis Nandy (1990) The Tao of Cricket, Penguin Books

Mike Marquese (2005) Anyone But England: An Outsider Looks at English Cricket, Aurum Press

Michael Manley (2002) A History of West Indies Cricket, Andre Deutsch

Ramachandra Guha (2003) A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport, Picador

Rahul Bhattarcharya (2005) Pundits from Pakistan: On tour with India, 2003-04, Picador

Marcus Berkmann (1996) Rain Men: Madness of Cricket, Abacus

Any additions to the list? Reviews of books welcome.

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Ash Sharma is a Co-Editor of darkmatter. He teaches at the University of East London, UK. His theory blog is tabula rasa.
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