Around the World in 80 Pints
My Search for Cricket's Greatest Places
1st Edition
Published on 6. September 2018
320 pages
978-1-4711-7241-0 (ISBN)
Description
'Part travelogue, part memoir and wholly engaging' Daily Mail
Bestselling author and hugely popular commentator David 'Bumble' Lloyd takes the reader on an unmissable and hilarious tour of the cricketing world as he searches for the perfect pint.
After more than 50 years involved with cricket as a player, international, umpire, coach and now commentator, David Lloyd has travelled the world. It's all a long way from his childhood, growing up in a terraced house in post-war Accrington, Lancashire. But cricket has taken him all over the globe, and he has experienced everything from excruciating agony Down Under to the Bollywood glamour of the IPL - he's even risked it all to cross the Pennines into Yorkshire.
In Around the World in 80 Pints, Bumble relives some of the most exciting and remarkable periods in his life, showing how his travels have opened up new and exciting avenues for him. The book is packed full of brilliant stories from famous Ashes matches and Roses clashes, sharing the commentary box with Ian Botham and Shane Warne, and much else besides - all told in his idiosyncratic style that has won him so many fans the world over. His previous autobiography, Last in the Tin Bath, was a huge bestseller, and this one is sure to appeal to anyone who shares Bumble's unquenchable love for cricket - and life!
Bestselling author and hugely popular commentator David 'Bumble' Lloyd takes the reader on an unmissable and hilarious tour of the cricketing world as he searches for the perfect pint.
After more than 50 years involved with cricket as a player, international, umpire, coach and now commentator, David Lloyd has travelled the world. It's all a long way from his childhood, growing up in a terraced house in post-war Accrington, Lancashire. But cricket has taken him all over the globe, and he has experienced everything from excruciating agony Down Under to the Bollywood glamour of the IPL - he's even risked it all to cross the Pennines into Yorkshire.
In Around the World in 80 Pints, Bumble relives some of the most exciting and remarkable periods in his life, showing how his travels have opened up new and exciting avenues for him. The book is packed full of brilliant stories from famous Ashes matches and Roses clashes, sharing the commentary box with Ian Botham and Shane Warne, and much else besides - all told in his idiosyncratic style that has won him so many fans the world over. His previous autobiography, Last in the Tin Bath, was a huge bestseller, and this one is sure to appeal to anyone who shares Bumble's unquenchable love for cricket - and life!
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David 'Bumble' Lloyd was born in 1947 and played cricket for Lancashire and England between 1965 and 1985, winning nine Test caps, later going on to coach England in the 1990s. But it was as a hugely popular commentator and pundit that he achieved greatest acclaim. His most recent books are Last in the Tin Bath and Around the World in 80 Pints.
Content
- Cover
- Introduction
- Part One: The Game I Fell in Love With
- Chapter 1. When Accrington was Acropolis
- Chapter 2. Band of Brothers
- Chapter 3. Roses are Red, the Roses was Bluey
- Chapter 4. Grounds
- Part Two: The Gospel of Cricket
- Chapter 5. Beware of the Flora and Fauna (and Warner)
- Chapter 6. Chicks and Gravy
- Chapter 7. The King of (Reverse) Swing
- Chapter 8. India's Twenty20 Vision
- Chapter 9. When it Comes to Egg Chasing, the Kiwis Have Got the Aussies Cracked
- Chapter 10. Bumble: International Captain
- Chapter 11. Dare to Be Different
- Chapter 12. What a To-Du
- Part Three: Hopes for the Future
- Chapter 13. One for the Shelf
- Chapter 14. Clean it Up
- Chapter 15. The Game Moves On
- Photographs
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- Copyright
