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Katherine Mansfield had quite a ball with cricketers

October 13, 2021

Katherine Mansfield had quite a ball with cricketers

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In Fiction Tags Katherine Mansfield, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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CP Snow: Strangers, Brothers and Cricket

October 15, 2020

CP Snow was born on 15 Oct 1907

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In Fiction Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, CP Snow
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Wodehouse at the Wicket

October 14, 2020

PG Wodehouse, no doubt looking like a badly-poached egg, was inflicted on the world on 15 October 1881

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In Fiction, Essays, Humour, Musical Comedy Tags PG Wodehouse, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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Harold Pinter: Cricket is the greatest thing that God created on earth

October 10, 2020

Harold Pinter was born on 10 October 1930

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In Drama Tags Harold Pinter, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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Agatha Christie: Cricket and the Queen of Crime

September 15, 2020

Agatha Christie was born on 15 Sep 1890

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In Mystery Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Agatha Christie
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Siegfried Sassoon: Happiest on the cricket field

September 8, 2020

Siegfried Sassoon was born on 8 Sep 1886

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In Poetry Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Siegfried Sassoon
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Rupert Brooke: Sonnets, War and Cricket

August 4, 2020

Rupert Brooke was born on 3 Aug 1887

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In Poetry Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Rupert Brooke
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Robert Graves: I, Cricketer

July 24, 2020

Robert Graves was born on 24 July 1895

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In Fiction, Poetry Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Robert Graves, Maha
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Rohinton Mistry and the tales of Savukshaw

July 2, 2020

Rohinton Mistry was born on 3 July 1952

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In Fiction Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Rohinton Mistry
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Laurie Lee: Cricket from Sheepscombe to Sydney

June 26, 2020

Laurie Lee was born on 26 June 1914

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In Fiction, Autobiography Tags Laurie Lee, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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George Orwell: War is not a cricket match

June 24, 2020

George Orwell was born on 25 June 1903

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In Essays, Fiction Tags Arunabha Sengupta, George Orwell, Maha
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Salman Rushdie: Of Umrigar, Fielding, Pinter and Special Branch

June 18, 2020

Salman Rushdie was born on 19 June 1947

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In Fiction, Magic Fiction Tags Salman Rushdie, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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Dorothy L Sayers: Wimsey, Theology and Cricket

June 13, 2020

Dorothy L Sayers was born on 13 June 1893

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In Mystery, Philosophy Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Dorothy L Sayers, Maha
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EV Lucas: Style with bat and pen

June 10, 2020

EV Lucas was born on 11 June 1868

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In Fiction, Essays, Biography Tags EV Lucas, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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EW Hornung: Creator of Raffles, the Gentleman Cricketer and Amateur Cracksman

June 6, 2020

EW Hornung was born on 7 June 1866

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In Fiction Tags EW Hornung, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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Stephen Chalke: The Curator of Memories

June 5, 2020

Stephen Chalke, the curator of cricketing memories, was born on 5 June 1948

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In Cricket History Tags Stephen Chalke, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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J Jefferson Farjeon: Golden Age mystery writer and cricket addict to the core

June 3, 2020

J Jefferson Farjeon was born on 4 June 1883

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In Mystery Tags J Jefferson Farjeon, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha
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GK Chesterton: The Silly Point of Father Brown

May 28, 2020

GK Chesterton was born on 29 May 1874

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In Fiction, Philosophy, Theology Tags GK Chesterton, Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Mystery
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: Of Holmes, Spedegue and Grace

May 28, 2020

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born on 22 May 1859

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In Fiction, Poetry Tags Arunabha Sengupta, Maha, Arthur Conan Doyle
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