Declarations: Leading Cricketers Talk to Patrick Murphy is a sharply focused and highly readable collection of extended interviews conducted by cricket writer Patrick Murphy with many of the game’s leading international players during the 1980s.
 
Rather than match reports or statistical analysis, Declarations offers personal insight — players speaking candidly about pressure, captaincy, professionalism, touring life, and the changing culture of modern cricket.
 
The book captures a pivotal era when cricket was transitioning from the amateur traditions of the post-war years into the increasingly commercialised modern game.
 
The dustjacket design — featuring portraits of contemporary international cricketers above a classic Lord’s match scene — firmly situates the book in its late-1980s context. A thoughtful foreword by Ian Chappell adds authority and perspective, reinforcing the book’s credibility and appeal.
 
Published by Ringpress Books, a smaller specialist cricket imprint, Declarations was produced in comparatively modest numbers and remains less common than mainstream cricket autobiographies of the period.
 
Copies with intact dustjackets are increasingly harder to find in clean condition.