CONTENTS

1. A KING, A CATAPULT AND OTHER WISDEN FACTS
2. OBSCURE XI
3. CURTAINS, AT LAST
4. TWO MATCHES IN THE JUNGLE: A TALE OF EW SWANTON
5. THE ART OF READING A SCORECARD
6. THE BURMESE CONNECTION
7. THE SIMULATION GAME
8. FODDER FOR IMAGINATION
9. OF FOLKLORE AND MYTHOLOGY
10. IMAGINARIUM OF A CRICKET LOVER
11. THE UNWRITTEN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN WISDEN
12. ON THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
13. WHAT’S IN A RUN?
14. BARBER PARADOX
15. A MIRACLE RECORD, FOUR TEAMS AND A LOGICAL PUZZLE
16. CRICKET, AND ENTOMOLOGY
17. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF CRICKET
18. A PSYCHOLOGICAL PROFILE OF ULTIMATE CRICKETER
19. FOUR HAIKUS ON CRICKETERS
20. 22-YARDS
21. ARTHUR CONINGHAM: THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN CRICKET
22. OF POLYNESIA
23. THE INCREDIBLE SHOWMANSHIP OF BART KING
24. FROM ‘CATAPULTA’ TO LOUGHBOROUGH: CRICKET INVENTIONS
25. CRICKET FABRIC AND FABRICATION
26. BRADMAN THE WICKET KEEPER
27. PHEIDIPPIDES OF CRICKET
28. THE MAN WITH NO DISMISSAL RECORDS
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