Full Circle

by Unknown Author

Genres: History

Hardcover

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Reviews

[Tony Sims · Rating 3 out of 5]

An interesting, informative and authoritative history of the sport. The authors (Richard Heller and Peter Oborne, despite Goodreads listing the book as by an 'unknown author') do sometimes overestimate the general reader's familiarity with cricketing jargon and even the very history they are describing (there are, for instance, references to Kerry Packer several chapters before the one discussing him, which thus only made sense to me in retrospect) and struggle to hide their bias towards the out-dated 'test' format of the game and outright scathing contempt for The Hundred (i.e, the most accessible form of the game for those not already indoctrinated). Still, well worth a read as an introduction to the history of the game.

[Leon · Rating 4 out of 5]

A genuinely interesting and accessible history of cricket from its origins right up to the present day. This is a book that keeps returning to two principle themes: cricket is full of tradition, but cricket has always changed too.

The challenge that the game has is balancing the two. How does it maintain (and even grow) the first-class version against the economically all-important (and more popular) T20 version? How does it become more inclusive whilst recognising the challenges in promoting cricket around the world?

An excellent read which will be of interest to any cricket fan.