Matched Winners

$18
Item Code: NAI019
Author: Sujit Mukherjee
Publisher: Orient Blackswan Pvt. Ltd.
Language: English
Edition: 1996
ISBN: 8125006680
Pages: 208
Cover: Paperback
Other Details 8.5 inch X 5.5 inch
Weight 230 gm
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Book Description
About the book

The articles in this book, drawn together from articles published in the early eighties, provide a vivid and informative overview of some Indian cricketers of yesteryear. Using a critical but unusual approach, the author focuses on famous pairs of batsmen, bowlers, fielders and wicketkeepers; sets off one career against another, balances their test performance against their domestic record, yet never pressing towards a verdict on who was better.

A worthy tribute to its subjects, it enriches and revives our understanding of these cricketers while providing valuable information for younger readers who are wholly preoccupied with contemporary cricketing icons.

Sujit Mukherjee's distinctive, quirky wit and depth of knowledge make the book as rewarding to dip into as to read cover to cover.

Preface

This book originated in a series of articles I wrote for-or, rather, I offered to and they were published by-the Deccan Herald of Bangalore during 1983-84. Subsequently I paired off some more matchworthy test cricketers who had completed their quota of runs and wickets and catches, and wrote them up at leisure. Many more remain to be matched and they must wait their turn, if not on my typewriter or computer, then on somebody else's.

Not for the first time, I have found it rewarding to write about cricketers in pairs, setting off one career against another, but without pressing towards any verdict on which was better.

However, the method faltered towards the end of this book when I could not find a fit comparee for one of my subjects, and therefore had to deal with only him. As for the last essay, it really extends the first, but has been given separate space as a special tribute to its subject.

Unexpected happenings have delayed the publication of this book. As a result, some of my subjects may have faded back farther than they deserve into our cricketing past. But I will have done them some service if they can be seen batting and bowling and fielding again on these pages, especially before the eyes of younger readers who may otherwise be wholly preoccupied with their contemporaries.

Briefly, a bookshop which claims to have sold my earlier cricket books, The Marine Sports of Bombay, was to have published this one. Even if they didn't, I hope they will make up by selling many copies.

CONTENTS

PrefaceiX
AcknowledgementsX
Ten Feet Tall1
Longest Ever Entry24
Brief Comebacks36
Airy Nothings48
Big Glove Rivals61
Keeping Accounts76
Sons of Their Fathers91
Suitable Partner105
Both Left Hands120
North of South134
Muscle in the Middle152
Nonpareil165
Running Over187
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