A Beautiful Game: My love affair with cricket [Paperback] Nicholas, Mark

Mark Nicholas spent decades inside cricket — as a player, captain, and one of the sport's most respected commentators. This is his love letter to the game: the artistry of a perfect cover drive, the theatre of Test cricket, the characters who made him laugh, the losses that gutted him. He writes about Shane Warne's genius, the loneliness of captaincy, and why cricket, at its best, feels less like sport and more like poetry. Nicholas doesn't sugarcoat the politics or the ego, but his affection runs deep. Whether you grew up on backyard wickets or you're just cricket-curious, this is the rare sports memoir that reads like literature — lyrical, honest, and utterly infectious. For anyone who's ever watched a ball swing and felt something stir.