A Majestic Innings: Writings on Cricket

C.L.R. James is the author of unquestionably the best book ever written about cricket, Beyond a Boundary—indeed, one of the finest books written about sport, period. James wrote about cricket all his life, though he only ever published one other book on the game, and this is it. This collection features appreciations of great cricketers from Bradman to Botham, Dexter to David Gower, pieces on cricket controversies like the Bodyline series and the D'Oliviera affair, letters to friends like John Arlott and V.S. Naipaul, and above all writings on James's first love, West Indies cricket—on Gary Sobers, Sir Frank Worrell, Learie Constantine, and even the early promise of a young Guyanian called Clive Lloyd.