A bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket's best-loved personalities proves that cricket is a funny game -- even when rain stops play! Now you can read not only the most popular stories by five of the game's all-time great characters -- Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian Johnston and Fred Trueman - but also the humour of modern players including Michael Atherton, Andrew Flintoff, Darren Gough, Kevin Pietersen, Shane Warne and many others. Here are dozens of hilarious anecdotes about legendary Test cricketers such as Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Denis Compton, Michael Holding and Merv Hughes -- not to mention broadcasting gaffes, sledging, short-sighted umpires and the first male streaker at Lord's! The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Title: The Wit of Cricket
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, United Kingdom, London
Publication Date: 2009
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0340978880
ISBN 13: 9780340978887
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Weight: 440 grams

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You've enjoyed the CDs, now enjoy The Wit of Cricket published as a book for the first time. Now you can read not only the jokes, anecdotes and hilarious stories of cricket's all-time great personalities—Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian Johnston, Fred Trueman, and Richie Benaud, but also the humor of modern legends—Shane Warne, Michael Atherton, Mike Selvey, Darren Gough, and many others. This book includes dozens of entertaining stories about England players such as Denis Compton, Len Hutton, and Ian Botham—not to mention broadcasting gaffes, sledging, short-sighted umpires, and the first male streaker at Lord's!

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Barry Johnston is cricket legend Brian Johnston's son. He runs BarryMour Productions and has produced audio cassettes by Tony Benn, Dickie Bird, Jack Dee, and many others, and has edited several books including A Delicious Slice of Johnners and Letters Home 1926-1945.

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