MEN WHO RAISED THE BAR

Sub-titled 'The Evolution of the Highest Individual Score in Test Cricket' from Charles Bannerman who scored 165 for Australia against England in the inaugural Test Match in 1877, to Brian Lara, who made 400 not out for the West Indies against England in 2004, the record has changed hands ten times. Chris Waters charts the growth of the record through nearly 150 years in a journey that takes in a legendary line of famous names including Sir Donald Bradman, Sir Leonard Hutton, Sir Garfield Sobers and Walter Hammond, along with less heralded players whose stories are brought back into the light. They include Billy Murdoch at the Oval in 1884, 'Tip' Foster Sydney 1903, Andy Sandham Jamaica 1930, Len Hutton the Oval 1938, Matthew Haydon Perth 2003 in these profiles of the men who raised the bar and their historic performances. The jacket colour chosen is the livery of Wisden, the publisher. Well illustrated, 264pp.