Keith Miller: A cricketing biography

by Mihir Bose

175 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1980

About the author

About Mihir Bose
Award-winning journalist and author Mihir Bose writes and broadcasts on social and historical issues and sport for outlets including the BBC, the Guardian, Financial Times, Evening Standard and Irish Times.
He has written more than fifty books on sport, including football and cricket, and history, such as Bollywood, India and the extraordinary WW2 quintuple agent Silver. The subjects of his many biographies include Michael Grade, Moeen Ali and the Indian nationalist Subhas Bose (no relation).
Mihir was the BBC’s first sports editor and first non-white editor. He was chief sports news correspondent at the Daily Telegraph and worked for the Sunday Times for 20 years.
His honorary doctorate from Loughborough University was awarded for his outstanding contribution to journalism and the promotion of equality. Mihir is a member of the English Heritage Blue Plaques Panel and former chairman of the Reform Club. He and his wife Caroline live in London. He has a daughter, Indira.

Reviews

[Peter Watson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Interesting, well-written and researched but somehow lacking. For someone who was as charismatic and important to the post-war cricket period, there is a lack of anecdote and stories. Bose writes well, but there is an absence of Miller here at times. You want to hear his voice more perhaps. There are some interesting interjections and opinions from those Bose spoke to, but I don't feel enough. It is not a long book, and feels there there is a lot missing.

[Andrew · Rating 4 out of 5]

As it says on the cover, a cricketing biography, and as such a well written and engaging story. However, for such an obviously colourful and charismatic character it is a shame we don’t hear about the man and his life outside cricket.