Guy Fraser-Sampson is a well-known best-selling author in other fields, but this is his first book about cricket. He has been a regular attendee at cricket matches since the age of 10, most notably at Lord's, his home ground. He once dropped Brian Bolus at Lord's, but since he was in the upper tier of the grandstand at the time this fortunately had no bearing on the outcome of the match.
* Major examination of the sport, in the vein of Duncan Hamilton's A Last English Summer.; * Includes material from interviews with players, commentators and others involved in cricket's most tumultuous era, as well as previously unpublished material from the archives of the MCC.; * Weaves sporting changes into a wider narrative of the economic and social transformation Britain was undergoing from 1967-77.; * A fascinating examination of cricketing names of legend - Gary Sobers, Geoff Boycott, Ray Illingworth and England's dashing gentleman captain, Colin Cowdrey.
Guy Fraser-Sampson is a well-known best-selling author in other fields, but this is his first book about cricket. He has been a regular attendee at cricket matches since the age of 10, most notably at Lord's, his home ground. He once dropped Brian Bolus at Lord's, but since he was in the upper tier of the grandstand at the time this fortunately had no bearing on the outcome of the match.
A fascinating account of a pivotal cricketing decade. --Tony Greig; An important, original and beautifully written book. --Peter Oborne; Guy Fraser-Sampson's 'Cricket at the Crossroads' ... is excellent on the demise of Brian Close as England captain and the betrayal by officialdom of Basil D'Oliveira. --Huw Richards, Guardian
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