• Biography of iconic cricket writer Neville Cardus wins
• Author is first writer to win award three times
Duncan Hamilton has won the 31st William Hill Sports Book of the Year, making him the only author in the award’s history to have triumphed three times. The author was presented with the £30,000 cash prize for his biography of the celebrated Guardian cricket writer Neville Cardus.
Times sports correspondent Alyson Rudd, chair of the judges, said: “We were bowled over by the quality of the writing and the way in which Hamilton brings to life the characters that defined cricket between the two world wars. The author explains that Neville Cardus was unknowable but this book does a very fine job indeed of guiding us through his career and motivations.”
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