This Sporting Life by Robert Steen
An inside look at how the sport of cricket has changed in the last half of the 20th century, through the memories of those who have played an active role in the sport. The book tells stories from behind the scenes and provides feature spreads on different cricket grounds.
Rob Steen is a sportswriter and co-leader of the BA (Hons) Sport Journalism course at the University of Brighton. He has written for the Guardian, the Independent, the Financial Times, the Melbourne Age, the Hindustan Times, the Sunday Telegraph and Sunday Times, where he was deputy sports editor. Winner of the 1995 Cricket Society Literary award and the UK section of the 2005 EU Journalism Award for 'diversity, against discrimination', runner-up for the 1991 William Hill Sports Book of the Year, he has published over a dozen books and written for a multitude of magazines, including the Observer Sports Monthly, The Cricketer and India Today, and is also a longstanding columnist for Cricinfo.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780715308516 |
| ISBN 10 | 0715308513 |
| Title | This Sporting Life |
| Author | Robert Steen |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | David & Charles |
| Year published | 1999-06-25 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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