Captains

by Malcolm Knox

The Australian cricket team has been a glittering thread running through the course of our national history, personifying the dreams and disappointments of a changing nation. The most singular individual inside that team is the captain, a human being full of human ideals, frustrations, quarrels, and personal triumphs, and also the steward of an office, which has become, symbolically, the second most important in the land. From Australia’s first Test cricket captain Dave Gregory, through to the current captain Ricky Ponting, The Captains tells the colourful story of how Australian cricket has evolved since its earliest days, how the captain has influenced or stood apart from that evolution, and how the captaincy itself has changed over time.

Genres: Nonfiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2010

About the author

Malcolm Knox was born in 1966. He grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland, where his one-act play, POLEMARCHUS, was performed in St Andrews and Edinburgh. He has worked for the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD since 1994 and his journalism has been published in Australia, Britain, India and the West Indies.

His first novel Summerland was published to great acclaim in the UK, US, Australia and Europe in 2000. In 2001 Malcolm was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists. He lives in Sydney with his wife Wenona, son Callum and daughter Lilian. His most recent novel, A Private Man, was critically acclaimed and was shortlisted for the Commomwealth Prize and the Tasmanian Premier’s Award.