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Presenting the inaugural issue of Cricket Field Chronicles Zine - a new-age digital publication by Lakshit Singhal, featuring lesser-known and forgotten stories from the world of cricket.

No other sport inspires as much literature as cricket does. But not all content maybe relevant for you. CFC Zine addresses this problem. Now you can read curated, contextualized and meaningful cricket content at your fingertips to stay ahead of your friends in cricket community.

The first issue is an eclectic collection of essays, short stories, original fiction stories, quotes, poetry and quizzes that no cricket fan should miss.

INSIDE THE CFC ZINE 01

Men's Cricket Rewind 2021

Highlight moments from the year gone by

Going Back In Time

Cricket’s First Traces in India

Forgotten Stories

Bedi’s Act of Revolt: The Vaseline Affair

The Ball That Changed Contractor’s Destiny

Inspiring Figures

The Legend of George Headley

Off-The-Field

The Next Big Revolution: Fantasy Sports in India

Poetry

India’s Gabba Win 2021

The World Of Fiction

Childhood Cricket: Of Innovative Formats and Playfulness

From The Shelf

Review, Summary and Insights from Finding the Gaps by Simon Taufel

Quiz

Are you a real cricket fan?

Praise for the CFC Zine

The stories that you have compiled are quite interesting and significant in context of the game, but not very well known. It's great you could bring it out in this form. Also I love that you wrote about the game off the field as well! Loved the curation from so many sources.

-Atharva

It's a fascinating book. I highly recommend it to all lovers of cricket.

-Arjun Hemmady, Author, Captain Khadoos

Other Ways to Download

You can also download the first issue from Razorpay here. (For Indian Residents only)

Amazon Kindle edition available here. (For both Indian and International Residents)

You can leave your review/feedback for the Zine here.

Hope you enjoy the first issue. Stay safe and healthy.

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