Neil Manthorp
{{short description|British-born South African writer}}
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Neil Manthorp is a British-born South African writer.{{cite web |title=Neil Manthorp |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/test_match_special/presenter_profiles/3111409.stm |website=BBC News Online |access-date=12 January 2025 |date=31 July 2003}} Based in Cape Town, he is best known internationally for his coverage of cricket.
Biography
Manthorp was born in England and emigrated with his family to South Africa at 12 months old. He boarded at Bradfield College.{{cite journal |editor1-last=Turbervill |editor1-first=Huw |title=Bradfield College |journal=The Cricketer Schools Guide 2025 |date=13 December 2024 |page=35 |url=https://issuu.com/thecricketermag/docs/the_cricketer_schools_guide_2025 |access-date=12 January 2025 |publisher=The Cricketer}} He began his journalistic career as a freelancer in 1986. Returning to South Africa in 1990 as the Apartheid system was collapsing, he set up MPW sports news agency. He has covered over 40 tours with the South Africa national cricket team.{{cite web |title=Our Contributors: Neil Manthorp |url=https://betweenwickets.com/our-contributors-vol-1 |website=Between Wickets |access-date=12 January 2025 |language=en-AU}}
Career
He is a regular commentator for SABC radio and television and has also joined the host radio teams in West Indies, New Zealand, Australia and England. He writes for newspapers and magazines and recently completed his fifth book The Proteas: 20 Years, 20 Landmark Matches marking the 20th anniversary of South Africa's return to international cricket. He commentated for Talksport on the 2018 England tour of Sri Lanka.
Bibliography
- Gazza: the Gary Kirsten biography
- The Beer Drinker's Guide to Losing Weight, (with Paddy Upton), The Penguin Group (SA) (Pty) Ltd, {{ISBN|0-14-027225-9}}
- Graeme Smith: A Captain's Diary 2007-2009, Jonathan Ball Publishers, {{ISBN|978-1-86842-353-8}}
- Taking the Mickey: the Mickey Arthur biography, Jonathan Ball Publishers, {{ISBN|978-1-86842-383-5}}
- [http://www.20years20matches.co.za The Proteas: 20 Years, 20 Landmark Matches], Burnet Media, {{ISBN|978-0-9870058-1-6}}
- Bouch: Through My Eyes, Jonathan Ball Publishers, {{ISBN|978-1-86842-590-7}}
External links
- [http://www.supersport.com/cricket Articles on SuperCricket]
- [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/magazine/author_new.html?author=24;genre=122 Articles on Cricinfo]
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Category:South African cricket commentators
Category:South African people of British descent
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