When Cricket Was Cricket: A Nostalgic Look at a Century of the Greatest Game

by Adam Powley

Drawing on 100 years of outstanding photographs in the huge Mirrorpix archive, this book brings to life an age free of intrusive sponsorship and commercialism when huge crowds swarmed to see the stars of the day in action - legends such as WG Grace, Bradman, and Hobbs; famous greats of the post-war era like Sobers, Miller and Trueman; and more recent heroes such as Botham, Warne, Tendulkar and Lara. Ranging from the grandest venues to the humblest...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857330411
• ISBN13: 9780857330413
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Haynes Publishing UK
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.1" x 10.2"