The Nature of Cricket

'Excellent', Simon Burnton, Guardian; 'A wonderfully illustrated, jovially written and insightful piece of work', Country Life; 'A delightful tome that looks at cricket from a different angle, highlights its intrinsic link with the natural world and proves soothing amid the concrete-dominated world of stadium cricket. After society's rediscovery of the natural world during Covid-induced lockdowns, the book is arguably being released at a timely juncture', Yahoo over Cow Corner blog; ‘A very nice book indeed, and a wonderful concept. Nature and cricket are among life’s greatest joys – to combine them is sublime,’ Simon Barnes; ‘This book was not what I expected … a book describing the flora and fauna of cricket grounds. And all the better for it. Certainly the chapters are titled as such … but they are only used by the author to indicate his feeling that cricket is losing its connection to our environment, as it changes its own “nature” as it attempts to compete in a profit-seeking world. Coster has done a great job. The book is full of humour with enjoyable cricket anecdotes, supported by excellent photographs … I enjoyed this book a lot.’ Jayne Hancock, Journal of the Cricket Society; ‘An excellent book’, Lev Parikian; ‘“Delightful” [is] not an adequate word to apply to this wonderful book,’ The Cricket Statistician