
Remember a time when cricket was cricket? Before millionaire players careered around a floodlit field in glorified pyjamas? When a proper match lasted days rather than the crash bang wallop of the limited-overs game? Modern innovations like Twenty 20 & the IPL have their place in crickets long & glorious story but nothing beats the original
- as celebrated in this wonderfully nostalgic look at the game in bygone years. Looking back to a heyday of long hot summers & classic matches When Cricket Was Cricket fondly recalls an era when it was a more enjoyable & carefree pastime
- for the most part a sport conducted in a spirit of keen competitiveness but fair & thrilling play. Drawing on 100 years of outstanding photographs in the huge Mirrorpix archive this book brings to life an age free of intrusive sponsorship & commercialism when huge crowds swarmed to see the stars of the day in action
- legends such as WG Grace Bradman & Hobbs; famous greats of the post-war era like Sobers Miller & Trueman; & more recent heroes such as Botham Warne Tendulkar & Lara. Ranging from the grandest venues to the humblest village pitches in its depiction of the sports golden years this is the perfect illustrated guide to when it really was cricket!