The Wit of Cricket
Second Innings
Published on 4. May 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-1-3997-0368-0 (ISBN)
Description
THIS BUMPER COLLECTION OF THE FUNNIEST ANECDOTES, JOKES AND STORIES FROM CRICKET'S BEST-LOVED PERSONALITIES PROVES THAT CRICKET IS STILL A FUNNY GAME - EVEN WHEN RAIN STOPS PLAY! With a new introduction by Jonathan Agnew.
In this updated and expanded edition of the popular THE WIT OF CRICKET you can read many more hilarious anecdotes about legendary cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Donald Bradman, Geoff Boycott, Andrew Flintoff, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.
There also dozens of humorous gaffes and giggles from the commentary box by Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Dan Norcross and others - not to mention sledging, short-sighted umpires, streakers, and the phantom sock snipper in the England dressing-room!
In this updated and expanded edition of the popular THE WIT OF CRICKET you can read many more hilarious anecdotes about legendary cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Donald Bradman, Geoff Boycott, Andrew Flintoff, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.
There also dozens of humorous gaffes and giggles from the commentary box by Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Dan Norcross and others - not to mention sledging, short-sighted umpires, streakers, and the phantom sock snipper in the England dressing-room!
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-3997-0368-0 (9781399703680)
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06/2022
Hodder & Stoughton
€8.67
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Person
Barry Johnston is an author, editor and producer. He appeared with the vocal group Design on more than 50 TV shows in the 1970s, including Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill. He presented the breakfast show on KLOA-AM in California and also a daily programme on BBC Radio Sussex. He now runs Barn Productions and produced the award-winning audiobooks Johnners at the Beeb and The Wit of Cricket. He is an editor and compiler for major publishers and also his own books including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Letters Home 1926-1945, and is the author of biographies of Kenneth Horne and of his father, Brian Johnston.