Simon Lister

About The Author

Simon Lister is the author of Supercat, the authorised biography of Sir Clive Lloyd, and Fire in Babylon, a West Indian cricket history inspired by Stevan Riley’s film. Supercat was shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards. It was ‘beautifully written’, said the Guardian. Fire in Babylon won the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year award. It was also shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year award. ESPNcricinfo described it as ‘a superb work of non-fiction with the emotional power of a novel’.

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Worrell

The Brief but Brilliant Life of a Caribbean Cricket Pioneer

By Simon Lister

WINNER OF THE MCC / CRICKET SOCIETY BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD

'The definitive telling of the life of a West Indian hero'
Sir Clive Lloyd

The brilliant all-rounder Frank Worrell had to wait until 1960 to become the first permanent Black captain of the West Indies...

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