Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket

Gideon Haigh, Hamish Hamilton, $39.95

WHEN CRICKET’S most iconic photograph was taken by George Beldam in May 1905, neither the photographer nor the subject, legendary batsman Victor Trumper, knew what that photo or sport would become in future years. In his most recent book, journalist Gideon Haigh traces the lives of both Beldam and Trumper, examining how it is they came to be on the cricket pitch that day, and how the famous image has shaped the way we play cricket.