CRICKETWEB’S DEBUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

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James Brown, The Late Tackle, talkSPORT

Pitch Publishing show the way for enterprising
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The Sports Bookshelf.com

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as a rebuke to more established houses

Boxing Monthly

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Paul Hayward, The Daily Telegraph

Pitch have enabled me to write in the ways I enjoy most.
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Pitch will take a chance on books that other publishers won't
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Derek Hammond, Got, Not Got series of books

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Steve Fleming, Eleven

In the highly competitive world of sport publishing,
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30 Jan

CRICKETWEB’S DEBUT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016

Congratulations to Nihar Suthar, author of The Corridor of Uncertainty, which has scooped the accolade of Debut Cricket Book of the Year in Cricketweb’s annual awards.

“A superb book and one that deserves to be widely read.” That’s what Cricketweb’s Martin Chandler said about Corridor in his review earlier this year. “There is absolutely no reason why it would not appeal to every single one of the millions of readers who made The Kite Runner a best seller, as well as the rather more modest forty thousand or so who buy Wisden every April…

“It has the potential to be the biggest selling book about the game of cricket ever written. The most thought provoking book on any subject I have read in years.”

Click here to find out which book won the cricket website’s overall Cricket Book of the Year – and to read an exclusive interview with both the winning author and Nihar. Or click below to download a free sample chapter of The Corridor of Uncertainty – try before you buy!

Just as every batsman struggles to hit deliveries in the corridor of uncertainty, the Afghan cricket team faced similar doubts, problems and extreme danger in its quest to mend a war-torn nation.

The Corridor of Uncertainty is an inspirational story, which will be of interest to every fan of the international game.
Be part of the Afghan cricket team’s incredible journey, rising from the worst cricket team in the world to a top-ten ODI powerhouse.
Nihar Suthar’s treatment of a great cricketing story is creative and multi-dimensional, seamlessly blending in other aspects of everyday life in Afghanistan, such as politics, religion and culture.
Offers a vivid experience of the conditions in Kacha Garhi refugee camp where many Afghan cricketers grew up.
The book features never-before heard stories from Afghan cricketers including Hamid Hassan, Mohammad Nabi and Karim Sadiq Khan.

Click here for more information, or to read a sample from The Corridor of Uncertainty: How Cricket Mended a Torn Nation.