Justin Parkinson: 2 books

Book cover of Then Came Massacre

Then Came Massacre

The Story of Maurice Tate, Cricket's Smiling Destroyer

by Justin Parkinson
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013

Sussex and England superstar Maurice Tate's story is one of triumph and fame, controversy and tragedy. In the 1920s and 1930s, the all-rounder was the world's most popular cricketer, famed for his brilliant bowling and broad smile - unlike his infamous cricketing father, whose costly error he more than...
Book cover of The Strange Death of English Leg Spin

The Strange Death of English Leg Spin

How Cricket's Finest Art Was Given Away

by Justin Parkinson
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015

Shane Warne has shown the world how to bowl leg spin. But how many people know that English cricketers pioneered the art? Leg breaks, googlies, flippers - all were invented here. So how did we come to give it all away? Reach the point where home crowds would boo an English leggie's efforts, yet then...
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