On Thursday 28 November (7.30pm) our guest speaker will be cricket writer Simon Lister.

Simon Lister is the author of Supercat – the authorised biography of Clive Lloyd, and Fire in Babylon, a West Indian cricket history inspired by Stevan Riley’s film. Simon is making a welcome return to Norfolk Cricket Society to discuss his new book, Worrell: The brief but brilliant life of a Caribbean cricket pioneer.

The brilliant all-rounder Frank Worrell had to wait until 1960 to become the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies cricket team, denied for a decade by the elitism, insularity and racism of Caribbean cricket’s rulers. When his chance finally came, Worrell transformed a talented but unfocused team into the most exciting side in the world and led his men into unforgettable series against Australia and England.
 
Worrell was universally admired as one of cricket’s great captains when he was knighted in 1964, but three years later, he was dead aged just forty-two.
 
This biography is the definitive telling of Frank Worrell’s life and legacy. It reveals how an upbringing in Barbados, cricketing adventures around the world and a determination not to be cowed by the powers that ran island cricket, shaped a great West Indian cricketer into a great West Indian, who changed the game forever. 
 

MEDIA REVIEWS

‘The definitive telling of the life of a West Indian hero’ – Sir Clive Lloyd

‘Simon Lister has once again deployed his compelling lucidity, formidable analytical skills – and his gift for the gripping narrative – to craft a biography of distinction, arguably the best on a West Indian cricketer’ – Clem Seecharan, cricket historian

‘Beautifully written, brimming with delightful and telling details, expertly structured and in places very moving’ – Stephen Chalke

Simon Lister can be followed on Twitter