Marcus Berkmann, author of the cricket classics Rain Men and Zimmer
Men, returns to the great game with this irresistible miscellany of
cricketing trivia, stories and more fascinating facts than Geoffrey
Boycott could shake a stick of rhubarb at. Which England captain
smoked two million cigarettes in his lifetime? Which Australian
captain, asked what his favourite animal was, said 'Merv Hughes'?
What did Hitler think of cricket? Which National Hunt trainer had a
dog called Sobers? Who was described in his obituary as 'perhaps
the only unequivocally popular man in Yorkshire'? No other sport is
so steeped in oddness and eccentricity. There's the only Test
player ever to be executed for murder, the only first-class
cricketer to die on the Titanic, and the only bestselling author to
catch fire while playing at Lord's. (It was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
The ball hit a box of matches in his pocket.) All cricket is here,
including an XI entirely made up of players who share their names
with freshwater fish.
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