'The one thing that shines throughout an entertaining and witty read is Blofeld's marked respect for the game of cricket and its composite parts.' -- The Independent 20011211 '...the Blofeld legend provides us all with some warmth and cheer. This book, the great man's take on the history of the game, is well up to standard. It takes the game at a rattling pace from its medieval origins to the present day.' -- Simon Heffer, Country Life 20011220 'Blofeld has a strong feeling for the history of the magnificent game, but his wicked humour and sense of fun can all too often disguise an encyclopaedic knowledge. This is a canter through many of the well-worn tales that surround the game, with a good measure of the more obscure.' -- Yorkshire Post 20011220 'It's an excellent read that captures the spirit of the sport perfectly.' -- Coventry Evening Telegraph 20011220 'As one would expect, Blofeld's new book is ripe with choiceness of opinion and observation ... of Alec Stewart: 'a magnificent cricketer, but a captain who made Ethelred the Unready look hot stuff." -- Eastern Daily Press 20011220 'His enthusiasm for the game is contagious and he has a rare wit, clearly influenced by his love of one of the greatest humourists of the last century, P.G. Wodehouse.' -- Telegraph & Argus 20011220 'Written with Henry Blofeld's contagious sense of humour, CRICKET AND ALL THAT shows cricket as a game that has had a profound effect on the very structure of English life' -- Bolton Evening News 20011220 'A lighthearted history of the game' -- Bicester Advertiser 20011220
