Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'? Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know. W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths...

A historic commentary on Britain and British football in the first half of the 20th century, this autobiography of Charles Buchan informs a new generation of football supporters about a character once synonymous with the game in its more boisterous, yet more innocent days.

Best known as the doyen of cricket correspondents, reporting for the 'Daily Telegraph', editing 'The Cricketer' magazine and summarising the day's play for Test Match Special in his mellifluous baritone, E.W. Swanton had a remarkable life. This is his story.

Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker 'made music' and 'spread beauty' with his bat. Between two world wars, he became the laureate of cricket by doing the same with words. In 'The Great Romantic', award-winning author Duncan Hamilton demonstrates how Cardus changed sports journalism for ever. While popularising cricket - while appealing, in Cardus' words to people who 'didn't know a leg-break from the pavilion cat at Lord's'- he...