Test Cricket
- Author Tim Wigmore
- Narrator Richard Atlee
- Publisher Quercus
- Run Time 22 hours and 43 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography and non-fiction prose, Biography: sport, Cricket, History of sport, Sports and Active outdoor recreation.
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What to expect
'Much more than simply a history of Test cricket, this is a colourful, modern take on the sport's most treasured format. I've commentated on over 400 Tests and learned so much from this wonderful book. Wigmore lays bare the challenges Test cricket faces and the fight required to preserve it.' Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special
'Hugely informative and enjoyable - a fantastic achievement. A must-read for all cricket lovers.' - Peter Frankopan
The first narrative history of Test cricket.
Test cricket is on the cusp of its 150th anniversary. For the first time, Test Cricket: A History tells the full, gripping story of the players and stories that have shaped the game's evolution since 1877.
Award-winning author Tim Wigmore brings to life both Test cricket on the pitch and the game's social significance around the world. This captivating tour is illuminated by dozens of exclusive interviews with the game's greatest players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Pat Cummins, Michael Holding, Muthiah Muralidaran, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Chappell, Dale Steyn and Rahul Dravid.
From Bodyline to Bazball, the golden age to the rise of West Indies, and Shane Warne to Ian Botham, readers will come to appreciate Test cricket's remarkable history like never before.
Critics Review
This encyclopedic history, packed with famous incident and arresting analysis, should be in everyone’s cricket library
This exceptional blend of traditional history and journalistic research gives us a cricket history like no other
Wonderfully wide-focused, unfailingly readable and laced with passages of insightful analysis, Tim Wigmore’s history of test cricket is a true tour de force
A riveting, authoritative, and passionate chronicle of cricket’s greatest game: the Test
Much more than simply a history of Test cricket, this is a colourful, modern take on the sport’s most treasured format. I’ve commentated on over 400 Tests and learned so much from this wonderful book. Wigmore lays bare the challenges Test cricket faces and the fight required to preserve it
A vital and fresh history of the game’s legacy format; most significantly, given it remains cricket’s most exclusive format, it is an inclusive history. Wigmore meticulously charts the global forces that have shaped Test cricket
Tim Wigmore has established himself as one of cricket’s most incisive analysts and writers, blending his engaging, innovative use of modern data with a deep knowledge of the game’s history. These qualities come together in this compelling book
Hugely informative and enjoyable – a fantastic achievement. A must-read for all cricket lovers
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