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Test Cricket: A History

Tim Wigmore

Test cricket is on the cusp of its 150th anniversary. For the first time, Test Cricket: A History tells the full, gripping story of the players and stories that have shaped the game's evolution since 1877.

Award-winning author Tim Wigmore brings to life both Test cricket on the pitch and the game's social significance around the world. This captivating tour is illuminated by dozens of exclusive interviews with the game's greatest players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Pat Cummins, Michael Holding, Muthiah Muralidaran, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Chappell, Dale Steyn and Rahul Dravid.

From Bodyline to Bazball, the golden age to the rise of West Indies, and Shane Warne to Ian Botham, readers will come to appreciate Test cricket's remarkable history like never before.

  • Classification : Sports & Leisure
  • Pub Date : APR 24, 2025
  • Imprint : Quercus
  • Page Extent : 400
  • Binding : TPB
  • ISBN : 9781529428629
  • Price : INR 899
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Tim Wigmore

Tim Wigmore is the author of Crickonomics- a Waterstones sports book of the Year-and Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, which won the Wisden Book of the Year and Daily Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year in 2020. He is a sports writer for the Daily Telegraph, and has also written for The Economist, The New York Times, ESPNCricinfo and The New Statesman.

Test Cricket was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year, and shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, in 2025. It was also shortlisted for The Cricket Society MCC Awards and The Sports Book Awards for best cricket book of the year in 2026.

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