'For those who fear the worst for the sport they love, this is like cool, clear water for a man dying of thirst. It's barnstorming, coruscating stuff, and as fine a book about the game as you'll read for years' Mail on Sunday
'Charming . . . a threnody for a vanished and possibly mythical England' Sebastian Faulks, Sunday Times
'Lyrical . . . [Henderson's] pen is filled with the romantic spirit of the great Neville Cardus . . . This book is an extended love letter, a beautifully written one, to a world that he is desperate to keep alive for others to discover and share. Not just his love of cricket, either, but of poetry and classical music and fine cinema' The Times
'To those who love both cricket and the context in which it is played, the book is rather wonderful, and moving' Daily Telegraph
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