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Simon Jones - The Test - Cricket Book Recommendation
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I am reading an absolute belter of a book at the moment - one of the best cricket books I have ever read and I read a lot. Simon Jones - The Test - his memoir of the 2005 Ashes series. Memories of that summer are flooding back - on a personal note my last in the UK. If you love cricket - you have to read this!
Anyone else read or reading it?
Anyone else read or reading it?
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Sounds good. A bit of an unsung hero in that series IMO. Shame he was crocked so soon afterwards4
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It was such a pity for him and us that he was never fully right after that. Did he even play for England again?0
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A bigger shame was him getting crocked down under in the previous series, without that initial injury, I'm sure the innocuous injury in 2005 would never have been so seriousJints said:Sounds good. A bit of an unsung hero in that series IMO. Shame he was crocked so soon afterwards
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Will give it a read. If you haven't read them, the books by Ed Smith and Marcus Trescothick are both very good.1
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Haven't read the Ed Smith one..am also dipping in and out of the Alan Gibson anthology - lovely stuff.BringBackMendonca said:Will give it a read. If you haven't read them, the books by Ed Smith and Marcus Trescothick are both very good.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Of-Didcot-Demon-Cricketing-Gibson/dp/09560702560 -
Have to check this out. The rain men is my favourite cricket book, and the one by miles jupp is funny0
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simon hughes' a lot of hard yakka is a brilliant read. You really get the feel of some one who nearly "made it" to getting in the england squad and just generally being a county pro amongst the likes of gatting, brearley, emburey and botham.BringBackMendonca said:Will give it a read. If you haven't read them, the books by Ed Smith and Marcus Trescothick are both very good.
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Which Ed Smith one are you referring to? I'm on Amazon and he's done a few and none recently from what I can see. He always writes well in the Sunday Times anyway.BringBackMendonca said:Will give it a read. If you haven't read them, the books by Ed Smith and Marcus Trescothick are both very good.
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This review is typical of the book. I was prompted to buy it from a review in The Cricketer Magazine - it lives up to these reviews and more!
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/the-test-by-simon-jones-book-review-this-bittersweet-memoir-of-england-s-2005-ashes-victory-is-the-10380589.html0 -
Anyone read the willow wand by derek birley? Meant to be very good0
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It was On and Off the Field. A diary of one of his seasons at Kent, pretty sure it was the season he got called up for England.9goalswentpastperry said:
Which Ed Smith one are you referring to? I'm on Amazon and he's done a few and none recently from what I can see. He always writes well in the Sunday Times anyway.BringBackMendonca said:Will give it a read. If you haven't read them, the books by Ed Smith and Marcus Trescothick are both very good.
Might have to dig it out.0 -
There was a spell in the old Trafford test I think that Jones and Flintoff were completely unplayable.0
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On a lighter note, Fatty Batter by Michael Simkins is an amusing read. He was originally inspired by Colin Milburn.
The hilarious story of one man’s cricket obsession: from his earliest days as a fat boy growing up in a Brighton sweetshop to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates.
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Ooooh brill. Will give his book a go. he's part of the reason I got into cricket. met him last summer at a test match during the break doing one of those Q&A things and he was a lovely charming bloke.0
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On my wish list along with the new biog of WG Grace (which has also attracted rave reviews) but will wait for the paperback editions before buying0
