Nicholas Brookes is an author, ghostwriter and journalist. His first book, An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket was longlisted for the Karwaan Book Award and named cricket book of the year for 2023 by Wisden, the MCC, the Cricket Writers’ Club and The Sunday Times Sports Book Awards. He has covered sport, travel and culture for publications including The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and Middle East Eye, and podcasts regularly on Sri Lankan cricket for The Murali End. He is currently working on a biography of Jasprit Bumrah and co-authoring a book with the chef Rishi Naleendra.

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• An Island’s Eleven: The Story of Sri Lankan Cricket (2022)