Overview

On 24 August 1971 - ""The Day the Elephant came to the Oval"" - India, under the captaincy of A.L. Wadekar, won her first Test match against England in England. From this dramatic starting-point Mihir Bose focuses on the rollercoaster nature of India's cricket history, from its early days in the time of the British Raj to the present day period that has been characterised by both the sublime (the batting mastery of Sachin Tendulkar) and the ridiculous (the match-fixing scandals associated with the nefarious activities of certain Indian bookmakers). Mihir Bose's lively, informed and always entertaining text is supported by a full statistical appendix, including the scorecards of all India's most famous Test matches and a table of averages of all India's Test players.

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Author:   Mihir Bose ,  Sunil Gavaskar
Publisher:   Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:   Welbeck
Edition:   Revised ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 4.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9780233050409

ISBN 10:   023305040
Pages:   632
Publication Date:   02 April 2002
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

The day the elephant came to The Oval; Middle-men as promoters, 1792-1920; The strange princely light; The era of the princes, 1920-32; In search of a leader, 1932-34; Vizzy, 1934-36; The Merchant era begins, 1937-40; War - and the golden age of batting; The search for clean shirts, 1945-47; Victory - the ruin, 1951-53; The age of Gupte, 1953-56; Blown away, 1958-59; The new breed, 1960-62; The rise of a tiger, 1963-68; Tiger's fall, 1969-71; A genius emerges, 1971; Glory and despair, 1971-74; Tiger's last hurrah, 1974-75; Roller-coaster years, 1975-77; The Gavaskar era, 1977-81; The rise of the north, 1980-83; World champions, 1983-85; Pressure cooker cricket, 1984-86; One-day revolution and after, 1986-89; The Tendulkar era, 1990-2001.

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Mihir Bose began his journalistic career as cricket correspondent for LBC before moving to the foreign desk of The Sunday Times. From 1978 to 1995 he wrote regularly for the paper on sports, reporting on the Olympic Games, cricket and football World Cups and several cricket Test series. Since 1995 he has been a sports columnist with The Daily Telegraph, specialising in sports business and politics. He has also written 17 books, including Keith Miller: A Cricketing Biography; All In A Day: A History of One-Day Cricket; and Maiden View: The Magic of Indian Cricket. He lives in London.

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