About the BookSparkles On The Oval Ground the first book of the author, showcases a substantial range of incidents, statistical landmarks and coincidences, exciting finishes, and sweet-sour anecdotes that this great game of cricket has been revealing for the last one and a half centuries. Various events and achievements, or the lack thereof, have been viewed from uncharted angles with the aid of available information to give them a unique look. Reference to detailed progressive records of many important present-day world records is a unique feature of this creation. Progressive records narrate how, in a particular category, the world record has evolved to reach the present one since the beginning. These are not mere lifeless figures, but significant statistical history. About the AuthorSekhar Ranjan Amin has retired as Director from the Department of Posts . Since his college days, Sekhar has taken writing on sports seriously and has contributed a number of articles, especially on cricket, in the regional periodicals. He is an M.A. in Journalism from the Calcutta University with Sports Journalism as a special paper. At a very young age he excelled in the world of quiz and won a number of quiz competitions. When he was 21, he utilised the opportunity of showcasing his skill as a cricket statistician in a book (in Bengali) on cricket laws named 'Cricketer Umpire' written by renowned Test Umpire Samar Roy. Beyond the world of writing, Sekhar is an intense mountain-lover. In his younger days, he travelled from corner to corner in the Himalayas-Karakoram mountain ranges to explore the life and style of the villages and hamlets there and to enjoy the flora and fauna and the mystic beauty of the non-living nature. Now, as he has retired from service, Sekhar has taken up pen to write down his first book "Sparkles On The Oval Ground".