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WISDEN comes to life as we relive the finest, the strangest and the most dramatic moments of cricketing history in this entertaining portrait of the English game.
Travel around the world in the company of some of cricket’s most notable personalities, from Australia to Trinidad and the Antarctic to Cambodia, as they witness both triumph and disaster during the game’s unpredictable adventures abroad. We join a cricket match in a Japanese POW camp, we are with Don Bradman as England’s bowlers adopt the ‘fast leg theory’ of bowling and we celebrate Garfield Sobers as he surpasses Hutton’s record test innings, and then there is the English wicket-keeper who gets arrested in Australia.
“These three titles are fascinating for anyone with a mild interest in the game.” The Guardian
“These compilations from the great cricket reference book Wisden will ease the drive home from sodden cricket grounds.” Radio Times
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Alan Ladd (1913–1964) was an award-winning American actor and film and television producer. He found cinematic success in the 1940s and 1950s, particularly in Westerns and film noir. He is especially known for his role in the movie Shane. His awards include a Picturegoer Award for Best Actor in 1947 for the movie This Gun for Hire, and in 1953 he was named Most Popular Male Star by Photoplay magazine. He contributed as an actor or producer in more than a hundred films and television shows over the course of his career.
About the Narrators
Amerjit Deu is an Indian actor known for Bollywood Queen, Death Train, and Karma Magnet, and many television appearances. He lives in London.
Andrew Wincott is a British actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator. He is most known in radio drama as the voice of Adam Macy in The Archers. He has worked with numerous theater companies throughout the UK.
Nicola Barber, is an Audie Award and Earphones Award-winning narrator whose voice can be heard in television and radio commercials and popular video games such as World of Warcraft. She is also an Audie finalist in the prestigious category of solo female narrationfor her work on Murphy’s Law by Rhys Bowen and Call the Midwife by Jennifer Worth. She has performed on the stage in New York City and at a number of top regional theaters in the United States. Her film and television roles include The Nanny Diaries with Scarlett Johansson, and Law & Order’s 2009 season premiere. Originally from England, she currently resides in New York, a multicultural background that enables her to bring a broad range of accents and characterizations to her role as a full-time voice-over actor.
Stephen Thorne trained at RADA and played several seasons with the Old Vic Company and the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford and London. He has worked extensively in radio, with over two thousand broadcasts for the BBC, including Uncle Mort in the Radio 4 comedy series and the part of Treebeard in The Lord of the Rings. His television work includes EastEnders, Boys from the Bush, Death of an Expert Witness, and David Copperfield.
Jim Barley has worked as an actor, stand-up comedian, and theater performer for over forty years. He starred in the title role of the 1980s BBC comedy-drama Jossy’s Giant and continues to work in comedy at the Comedy Store, the Edinburgh festival, and other venues.
Howard Ward is an English actor who has taken leading roles at the Royal Shakespeare Company, appeared on numerous television programs and in over fifty BBC Radio productions, and regularly voices TV and radio campaigns. He has also narrated several series for National Geographic, Discovery Channel, and BBC Channel Four.
Nicholas Day is the author of the acclaimed children’s nonfiction book The Mona Lisa Vanishes, among other works. For adults, he is the author of Baby Meets World, a work about the science and history of infancy. He has written regularly for Slate, and his work has also appeared in The Atlantic, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and other publications.
Terence Edmond (1939-2009) was a British actor best known for his role as Ian Sweet in the 1960s television series Z Cars.
Geoffrey Whitehead is regularly seen on British television and filling many roles on radio. He has appeared in a huge range of television, film, theater, and radio roles, mostly notably as Sherlock Holmes in the 1980 television series Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson.
Aden Hakimi is a voice-over actor based in Brooklyn. He studied theater performance at Northeastern University in Boston, with adjunct studies at Cambridge University in England and the Gaiety School of Acting in Dublin. For over a decade, he has done voice work for audiobooks, commercials, animation, and corporate videos.