An essay I wrote on India v Australia for Christian Ryan’s gorgeous large-format book, Australia: Story of a Cricket Country, Hardie Grant Books. Contributors include one JM Coetzee.
‘There is something ethereal about cricket at dawn; staying up late is a lesser magic. Indians turn to cricket from England and South Africa after lunch, from the West Indies before dinner. New Zealand is so far ahead that it is still our night. We only rise to cricket from Australia.’