The Cricket Writers’ Club is delighted to reveal the 12-strong longlist for the 2024 Derek Hodgson Cricket Book of the Year Award.
Congratulations to all those below.
This list will be whittled down to six ahead of the annual lunch on November 5.
A huge thank you, too, to Paul Edwards and his panel.
Lawrence Booth and Nick Hoult – Bazball
Vaneisa Baksh – Son of Grace
Stephen Chalke – Footprints
David Kynaston and Harry Ricketts – Richie Benaud’s Blue Suede Shoes
Ben Bloom – Batting for Time
Andrew Radd – Faces on a Wall
Azeem Rafiq – It’s not Banter, It’s Racism
Tim Brooks – The Batmaker of Copenhagen
Simon Lister – Worrell
Brendan Cooper – Echoing Greens
Kit Harris – From Lord’s to the Fjords
Jeremy Lonsdale – Bill Bowes