Marcus Berkmann

The elegance and humour of Neville Cardus

Concentrating on characters rather than statistics, Cardus developed a style of cricket commentary that was refreshingly novel

  • The Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus

    Duncan Hamilton

    Hodder & Stoughton, pp. 370, £20

  • A Field of Tents and Waving Colours: Neville Cardus Writing on Cricket

    Neville Cardus, with an introduction by Gideon Haigh

    Safe Haven Books, pp. 218, £14

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