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Favourite Cricket Yarns: Expanded and Updated

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Favourite Cricket Yarns: Expanded and Updated
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Ken Piesse
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:368
Dimensions(mm): Height 234,Width 153
Category/GenreSports and outdoor recreation
Sports teams and clubs
Cricket
ISBN/Barcode 9781760686604
ClassificationsDewey:796.358
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Allen & Unwin
Imprint Echo Publishing
Publication Date 3 November 2020
Publication Country Australia

Description

Which notable player asked Don Bradman if he 'had anything to do with cricket'? Who told a young Shane Warne to forget bowling and concentrate on his batting? Whose outfield catch is considered the greatest of all? Find out in Favourite Cricket Yarns. Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating anecdotes, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any cricket fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from The Don, Big Merv and the Chappells to Gilly, Clarke and Smith.

Author Biography

Ken Piesse is the author of 65 books on cricket and football, including Great Australian Cricket Stories and Great Australian Football Stories. No living Australian sportswriter has written more books than Ken, who is an in-demand after-dinner speaker and president of the Australian Cricket Society. Ken lives on the Mornington Peninsula with his wife Susan and puppies Douglas & Ivy and kittens Katrina & Ellie.