Mike Coward

Michael John Coward AM (born 1946) is an Australian cricket writer.

Life and career Mike Coward grew up in Adelaide. After leaving school he became a copy boy at the Adelaide News in December 1963 and was promoted to cadet journalist in September 1964. He qualified as a journalist in March 1967. He spent three years working for Australian Associated Press in London, then returned to Australia to become a full-time sports journalist. He was the chief cricket writer for the Adelaide Advertiser, then The Sydney Morning Herald from 1984 to 1989, and was then a columnist for The Australian for many years.

Books Red and Blue Blooded (1978) The Wit of Walker (by Max Walker with Mike Coward, 1983) Cricket Beyond the Bazaar (1990) Caribbean Odyssey: Australia and Cricket in the West Indies (1991) Men of Norwood: The Red and Blue Blooded (1994) Australia vs the New South Africa: Cricket Contact Renewed (1994) Slats Opens Up: Inside the World of Michael Slater (by Michael Slater with Mike Coward, 1997) Sir Donald Bradman A.C. (edited, 1998) Calypso Summer (2000) The Chappell Years: Cricket in the '70s (2002) Rookies, Rebels and Renaissance: Cricket in the '80s (2004) The Baggy Green: The Pride, Passion and History of Australia's Sporting Icon (with Michael Fahey, 2008) A Century of Achievement: The Players and People of the St George DCC (2010) Champions: The World's Greatest Cricketers Speak (interviews, 2013) The Bradman Museum's World of Cricket (2015) Cricket's Forgotten Pioneer: The Frank Tarrant Story (2020) Warne Worn: The Baggy Green that Rallied Australia (2020)