FREE THE PROMISE OF ENDLESS SUMMER: CRICKET LIVES FROM THE DAILY TELEGRAPH PDF The Daily Telegraph,Martin Smith | 256 pages | 04 Apr 2013 | Aurum Press Ltd | 9781781310489 | English | London, United Kingdom The D'Oliveira Affair 40 Years On - The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph at Walmart. Your email address will never be sold or distributed to a third The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph for any reason. Sorry, but we can't respond to individual comments. If you need immediate assistance, please contact Customer Care. Your feedback helps us make Walmart shopping better for millions of customers. Recent searches Clear All. Enter Location. Update location. Learn more. Report incorrect product information. Martin Smith. Out of stock. Delivery not available. Pickup not available. Add to list. Add to registry. About This Item. We aim to show you accurate product information. Manufacturers, suppliers and others provide what you see here, and we have not verified it. See our disclaimer. There will certainly be an obituary - in days of yore penned by the doyen of cricket writers, E. Swanton, in recent times unafraid to be a lot more whimsical, waspish, and even extremely funny. There will often be an appreciation by one of the paper's stable of cricket correspondents, such as Derek Pringle, Michael Henderson or Scyld Berry, most likely drawing on their memories of having played against the subject or watched his deeds. And sometimes a hero's demise will prompt a heartfelt tribute from someone whose only qualification as an elegist is their own eloquence, as John Major displays on Denis Compton and Michael Parkinson on Keith Miller. And those cricket lives deemed worthy of memorialising need not be illustrious Test careers, though all the great names from Bradman to Bedser, Cowdrey to D'Oliviera, are here. They can also be quixotic county mavericks like 'Bomber' Wells, self-effacing professionals like Tom Cartwright and Derek Shackleton, or charismatic one-offs like Colin Milburn or the Nawab of Pataudi. They may not even be cricketers, but rather much-loved commentators and broadcasters like Brian Johnston and Christopher Martin-Jenkins, players-turned-umpires like David Shepherd and Bill Alley, or, like the Bishop of Liverpool who previously opened for Sussex and England, have made their name equally elsewhere. Here, then, are more than eighty greats of the game - Australians and South Africans alongside Somerset yeomen and Yorkshire's finest. For any cricket lover, this little book is an endlessly browsable testament to the sheer richness and variety of the cricketing life. Specifications Publisher Aurum Press. Customer Reviews. 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Thank you. Thank you! Henry Blofeld: Mellow voice, infectious joy and curious idiosyncrasies - Cricket Country He offers more than cricket, largely inconsequential details in The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph outside the ground find their way into the descriptions and somehow it works wonders on the listeners. Arunabha Sengupta looks back at the life and long career of the man who drove from England to India in a Rolls-Royce and once came tantalisingly close to appearing for England in a Test match. In the press box, Henry Blofeld was keeping a professional eye on the proceedings. Characteristically for a match at Sydney, there were plenty of banners proclaiming the public opinion about the proceedings and beyond. That afternoon Blofeld had been asked to lunch in the offices of the Cricket Ground Trust at the bottom of the Noble Stand. The cheers, and some catcalls, that greeted him made even some of the England fielders look around. When he reached the pylon, a cheer broke out that would have drowned any celebration of a wicket or a six. He was offered hundreds of cans of beer, and met the people responsible for the sign. They were students of the Sydney University, and soon an exceptionally pretty girl among them threw her arms around Blofeld, voicing her desire to marry him. This however proved to be a false promise for the visibly-delighted Blofeld, as it was soon revealed that the man the damsel was actually after was Geoff Boycott. Blofeld lingered there for an hour, talking to the crowd. Soon, other signs started appearing around Australia. His was a voice that to the Australian ears seemed to go with a bowler hat, even if an honorary cork dangled from the brim. Seldom has a commentator enjoyed such universal popularity. He was intrigued by this reclining figure while covering the Yorkshire versus Surrey county game for Rediffusion at The Oval in Her feminine assets were very much on view on the television screens. The next day both the lady in question and Blofeld found themselves clubbed together on the front pages. Yet, the malady — a most endearing one in this case — was never cured. Pigeons and buses, the number of pink shirts and an almost maniacal fascination for earrings kept finding their ways into his microphone between the descriptions of wickets and the odd run. Narrations include detailed analysis of lunches, tea and especially cakes as soon as play resumes after the breaks. At Sharjah in the late 80s, the camera The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph in on the Bollywood superstar Rekha. Indeed, Blofeld was a serious cricketer in his younger days and but for a nearly fatal accident was on course to set cricket grounds on fire. Even after the mishap, he played 17 First-Class matches and came tantalisingly close to appearing for England in a Test match. However, it is the obvious infectious joy of cricket watching that he brings into the game that lends fascination to his broadcasts. Take the instance when Carl Hooper tried to cut a Narendra Hirwani delivery and played outside the line of the googly. On witnessing a deceived batsman, Blofeld burst out in a spontaneous fit of laughter. When Henry Blofeld talks about cricket he brings along additional sights and sounds, a background full of fun, joy and bonhomie. As indeed, Blofeld has been taught by life. He has been much more than a cricket correspondent and commentator. He has been called by the British High Commissioner in India as a key witness in a diplomatic drama. He has also spent nights in the car of an Australian police detective accompanying the force to the dens of drug dealers. Blofeld was born in September 23,barely three weeks after Hitler invaded Poland. As a baby he was once left unattended as the rest of the household had rushed to an air-raid shelter after a warning siren shattered the countryside calm. When his absence had been noticed, a red-faced search had ensued and he had been discovered happily gurgling away in his pram on the lawn. By the next year, his own leg breaks were pitching and turning accurately and he was included in the school eleven. Saw you play at Runcton about three years ago and am very pleased about your progress. Arthur Mailey, There were a few heartening successes during his schooldays, but also a rather embarrassing dismissal — hitting across the line and losing his wicket, unaware that it was a hat-trick ball. Against Winchester inhe caught a young Nawab of Pataudi in the first innings and stumped him in the second. Interestingly, the only two earlier batsmen to have registered a similar feat for the Public Schools were Peter May and Colin Cowdrey. It was a near fatal accident. He regained consciousness after 28 days and was just able to complete the last few days at Eton. Incidentally, the Blofeld family is linked to The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph through popular culture. He did not graduate from Cambridge. Neither did he remain the same cricketer. His coordination had been affected and he could not get into position to hook short balls for another decade. However, he did play a few First-Class matches for Cambridge. The first outing for the University did not get off to a very auspicious start. He The Promise of Endless Summer: Cricket Lives from the Daily Telegraph on the milk train from Liverpool with his captain Ted Dexter. But unfortunately he himself scored a duck and never saw the girl again. But, he did play against Keith Miller who was turning out for Nottinghamshire and dropped him off a skier as the champion all-rounder scored 62 and a hundred. However, it was soon apparent that life in investment and public banking would be infuriatingly drab. He looked around for opportunities to make a living writing on cricket, approaching seasoned journalists for possible openings.