The shortlist for the 2024 Cricket Association and MCC Book of the Year Awards has been announced today.
The competition, run by the Cricket Association since 1970 and in partnership with the MCC since 2009, is open to books nominated by MCC and Cricket Association members, and which are highly rated by authors and publishers. I am.
A book about Buzz Ball and England's white-ball cricket revolution is on the shortlist. Similarly, Frank Worrell's biography is the first to feature a cricket play by Shomit Dutta. Complete the list with a look at the history of England's tours and the international stars who play in the Cricket League.
All six books and authors will be celebrated and the winners announced at the annual awards night at Lord's on Tuesday, April 9th.
The event will also see the 2024 Stephen Fay Award for Achievement in Cricket, which will be presented posthumously to Tony Cozier, with Clive Lloyd accepting the award on his behalf.
“Just like in cricket, it's a fine line game.”
Robert Winder, chairman of the jury, said: “I know we all say this all the time, but it's been a really competitive year. The judges have worked hard, but unfortunately it was inevitable that a lot of good books were left out. As in cricket, the decisions are… It’s a fine line game.”
The winner of 2023 is Island Eleven, the story of Sri Lankan cricket Written by Nicholas Brooks.
The six books included in the 2024 shortlist are:
Biography of Frank Worrell, Grace's sonVaneisa Baksh, Fairfield Books
Bazball, the story behind the Test cricket revolution, Lawrence Booth and Nick Holt, Bloomsbury
I'm in trouble, Shomit Dutta, Concord Theatricals
When Sticky Dogs and Stardust and the Legends played in the league, Scott Oliver, Fairfield Books
White Hot, the story behind England's double world cricket championsTim Wigmore and Matt Lawler, Bloomsbury
Tour: The Story of England Cricket Teams Abroad 1877-2022; Simon Wilde, Simon and Schuster
Other books considered for the shortlist include:
How to Become a Cricket Fan: Life in 50 Artworks from WG to Wisden, Matthew Appleby, Pitch
A disappearing world: 18 first-class cricket countiesSildbury, Pitch
turn over a pebbleMike Breley, Officer
Roughly speakingStuart Broad, Hodder, Stoughton
Legacy, my autobiography, Nick Compton, Allen, Unwin
from darkness to lightJohn Bloom and Anthony Condon, Pitch
Footprints, the life writings of David FooteStephen Chalke, Charlcombe Books/Fairfield Books
shoot the ballRicky Elcock, Autobiography, Fairfield Books
Cambridge Sports in Fenner's hands, Nigel Fenner, Cambridge Sports Tours self-published
Ashes 2023, Cricket Classic, Gideon Haig, Scribe Publications
All India and Down Under, Peace, Partition and the Cricket MatchRichard Knott, Pitch
No Picnic, Historic First MCC Tour of India and Ceylon 1926-27Jeremy Lonsdale, ACS Publications
Gilley: The turbulent life of Roy Gilchrist, Mark Peel, Pitch
Yorkshire Grit: The Life of Ray Illingworth, Mark Peel, Pitch
David Warner “Dare to be different'' Ken Piece, Wilkinson Publishing
The cricket life of MJK Smith, the last Corinthian. mike thompson, pitch
A look back at the history of limited overs cricket in 25 matches, one day at a time.David Tressel, Fairfield Books
