Scyld Berry attended his first Test match in a professional capacity in June 1973. With his 501st Test now on the horizon, Berry has watched the sport evolve like no other. From in-depth explanations to short snippets lifted directly from Berry’s notebooks, this book is the culmination of a lifetime watching and writing about this fascinating sport.
Scyld Berry has been cricket correspondent of the Sunday Telegraph since 1993 and has covered every England tour since 1973. He is the author of Cricket Wallah: England’s tour of India 1981-2, One Hundred Great Bowlers, Cricket Odyssey: England’s tours 1987-8 and Cricket: The Game of Life. He is a former editor of the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack.
