On Cricket

Reviews / Votes

Fascinating * Choice * Delightful new book . . . Brearley has a knack for paying respect to the past without denigrating the present and for calmly considering the future * Mail on Sunday * Brearley is at his best in these quirky, delightful essays when he is exploring the human qualities of humbler players . . . Brearley's admiration for his friends' decency, craftsmanship and modesty seems to recall a golden age of county cricket * The Times * Brearley speaks with understated authority on the matter. His words are all the more powerful for that * Sunday Express * A treasure of recollections and reactions, talking heroes, controversies and big themes * i paper * Brearley has a gentle, measured intellect that is warming and intriguing rather than intimidating or irritating . . . Brearley has a rare ability to read the game and its participants with delicacy and precision, like a tailor unpicking a collection of knotted threads * Wisden Cricket Monthly * His relaxed, dextrous, style achieves what most authors aspire to do: make their narrative sound as though they're speaking directly to the reader . . . His cumulative experience, humour and honesty make for a compelling read. Let's hope for a second volume of On Cricket * Dorset Echo * A book full of wisdom and sharp observation * Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians * Brearley is best when writing about character and thought processes * King Cricket * His cumulative experience, humour and honesty make for a compelling read * Birmingham Post * Mike Brearley is a cultured and intelligent man . . . able elegantly to assess his colleagues and predecessors, as he does with customary grace in his latest volume -- Robert Crampton * The Times * A box of delights containing bitesize pieces on colourful individuals, burning issues and memorable events -- Shomit Dutta * Times Literary Supplement *