Michael Parkinson on Cricket

by Michael Parkinson

Michael Parkinson on Cricket represents the best and most humorous of the author's journalism on his favourite sport..
For most of his professional life Michael Parkinson has been a highly regarded sports journalist. This consistently entertaining collection of his best articles reminds us that his first love is cricket and the people who excel at it. His ambition to play for England was thwarted, but not before he opened the batting with a young Dickie Bird at Barnsley.

Along with hilarious memories of his cricket mad father and a lost youth emulating his heroes in street games, Michael Parkinson has written compelling descriptions of great players he has known and the moments or matches during which they became famous. Unsurprisingly, there is an edge to what the author has to say about cricket administrators and the way the game is run; the book is a sheer joy to read and written with the author's easy assurance.

336 pages, Paperback

First published June 9, 2002

About the author

Sir Michael Parkinson, CBE (born 28 March 1935) was an English broadcaster, journalist and author. He presented his chat show, Parkinson, from 1971 to 1982 and from 1998 to 2007. He has been described by The Guardian as "the great British talkshow host".

Reviews

[Stephen A. Matthews · Rating 5 out of 5]

Michael Parkinson knows how to write and tell stories. This is a thorough personal account of the cricketing world and its greats from the time he first watched a cricket with his father in post war Britain/Yorkshire through to the end of the Twentieth Century. This is a collection of writings and the common denominators include the love of cricket, its personalities,and its history. It is a very entertaining read with lots of funny anecdotes. Having Ben born and growing up in Yorkshire in the 1960s-1980s and playing cricket (what else) this book was a wonderful reminder of another time and the people/cricketers I read about, watched, and followed.