Shortlisted for British Sports Book Awards: Best Cricket Book 2008.

Praise for Ranji: The Strange Genius of Ranjitsinhji", shortllisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 1999'Outstandingly the best new sports book I have read this year' -- Ian Wooldridge, Daily Mail 'Diligently researched, Wilde's book brings skeletons rattling out of the cupboard' -- Daily Telegraph 'Wilde's hitherto unknown revelations are astonishing ... a fascinating book' -- The Times 'Riveting stuff' -- Sunday Telegraph 'Simon Wilde has valuably unearthed no end of sly intrigues in his quest of Ranji' -- Guardian

Simon Wilde has been cricket correspondent at The Times" and Sunday Times" since 1998. He was shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year in 1999 for his biography of the Indian cricketer Ranjitsinhji.