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Inside Story

Inside Story

Unlocking Australian Cricket's Archives

by Gideon Haigh and David Frith
Hardback
Publication Date: 18/10/2007
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Cricket Australia has never before opened its Board minutes to scrutiny. This is the first full, frank and fearless account of 100 years of the Board's control of Australian cricket. A collection of Australia's finest cricket writers delve into the issues that shaped the game in this country, based on complete, unfettered access to those minutes. Foreword written by Australian Test captain, Ricky Ponting and introduction by former Australian Test captain, Richie Benaud.
ISBN:
9781921116001
9781921116001
Category:
Cricket
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
18-10-2007
Publisher:
The Herald and Weekly Times Limited
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
368
Dimensions (mm):
275x230mm
Weight:
1.9kg
Gideon Haigh

Gideon Haigh has been a journalist for more than three decades, has contributed to more than a hundred newspapers and magazines, published thirty-two books and edited seven others.

The Office: A Hardworking History won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction; On Warne was shortlisted for the Melbourne Prize for Literature; Certain Admissions won the 2016 Ned Kelly Award for True Crime; and Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction.

Gideon lives in Melbourne with his wife and daughter. Nobody has played more games for his cricket club - nor, perhaps, wanted to.

David Frith

David Frith is an award-winning cricket historian and writer, and the author of 35 books on the game. Born in London, he emigrated to Australia in 1949, but found fame upon his return to England, where he took up the editorship of The Cricketer. Between 1979 and 1996, he was the founding editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly, an award-winning cricket magazine with a legion of admirers around the world. He lives in Guildford, Surrey.

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