The Random History of Cricket by Aubrey Day - ISBN: 9781853759406
Hardcover
Cricket’s quirky history, hilariously told in 100 random, run-grabbing moments.

The Random History of Cricket

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  • Hardcover

    128 pages

  • Release Date

    5 January 2021

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Summary

A lot of leather has “plunk-plicked” against willow since cricket was first played on the village greens of Olde England, but this doughty little book heroically manages to capture the true essence of the noble ball game in just 100 run-grabbing moments (plus a few extras for overthrows).

The Random History of Cricket is the story of cricket as it has never been told before: a well tossed-up compilation of surreal match reports, spoof correspondence and quirky cartoon…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781853759406
ISBN-10:1853759406
Author:Aubrey Day, Justyn Barnes, Tony Husband
Publisher:Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:Welbeck
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:128
Release Date:5 January 2021
Weight:229g
Dimensions:182mm x 112mm x 16mm
Series:The Random History series
About The Author

Aubrey Day

Aubrey Ganguly is the Editorial Director at Future Publishing. A former newspaper journalist, he has written about everything from sport to showbiz. Justyn Barnes is a freelance writer. He contributes regularly to FourFourTwo and Sky The Magazine. The co-authors of The Reduced History of Football. They both live in London and are very fast between the wickets.

Tony Husband is one of Britain’s most-admired cartoonists.

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