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- ↑ Barclay's World of Cricket - 2nd Edition, 1980, Collins Publishers, ISBN 0-00-216349-7, p588
- ↑ "The Cricket Society/MCC Book of the Year". The Cricket Society. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ "Book of the Year shortlist announced". MCC. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
- ↑ "People". The Cricket Society. Retrieved 8 July 2018.