Books by Derek Birley
A Social History Of English Cricket
by Derek Birley
It’s such a brilliant read. It takes you through all the main blow-ups of cricket – the Bodyline series, the South African crisis – and on the way there are lots of cursory asides, not doctrinaire, not done with malice, but gentle academic dismissals of cretinous fat boys through English history.
Interviews where books by Derek Birley were recommended
The best books on Cricket, recommended by Daniel Norcross
What are the best books about cricket? In 2011 Test Match Special‘s Daniel Norcross gave an interview about his favourite books on cricket. At the time, he was running an irreverent, uncensored and partial cricket commentary service, Test Match Sofa.
