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Meta (Hardcover): Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee Meta (Hardcover)
Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee; Foreword by William Jaworski
R1,119 R904 Discovery Miles 9 040 Save R215 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
If Not Me, Who? - The Story of Tony Greig, the Reluctant Rebel (Hardcover): Andrew Murtagh If Not Me, Who? - The Story of Tony Greig, the Reluctant Rebel (Hardcover)
Andrew Murtagh
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R614 R505 Discovery Miles 5 050 Save R109 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In March 1977, England cricket captain Tony Greig was arguably the most famous and popular sportsman in the country, and the best all-rounder in world cricket. He had recently led England to a famous series victory in India, her first successful campaign on the subcontinent since the Second World War. Then he had conjured a doughty performance from his travel-weary troops in the dramatic, one-off Centenary Test in Melbourne, narrowly losing by 45 runs. Within weeks, though, his reputation was in tatters. He was branded a traitor and mercenary, stripped of the England captaincy and excluded from the national side. He was also relieved of the Sussex captaincy and banned from first-class cricket for eight weeks. His involvement in the controversial 'Packer Revolution' had caused his fall from grace. Soon afterwards, he left England for good for a commentary career in Australia. At 6ft 7in, Greig was a giant of the game both figuratively and literally. His life story is every bit as fascinating as the controversy that engulfed him.

Gentleman and Player - The Story of Colin Cowdrey, Cricket's Most Elegant and Charming Batsman (Hardcover): Andrew Murtagh Gentleman and Player - The Story of Colin Cowdrey, Cricket's Most Elegant and Charming Batsman (Hardcover)
Andrew Murtagh
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R591 R490 Discovery Miles 4 900 Save R101 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Colin Cowdrey is remembered for the elegance of his strokeplay; but there was more to this complex man than a classical cover drive. Successes were numerous: 114 Test matches, 22 Test hundreds, 100 first-class centuries, countless famous victories and unforgettable innings. There was controversy and disappointment too, chief among them being repeated snubs for the England captaincy and the D'Oliveira Affair. Cowdrey was involved in three of England's most memorable Tests: Lord's in 1963 against the West Indies, batting at 11 with his arm in plaster, two balls left and all four results possible; Trinidad in 1968 in which England secured a famous victory against the West Indies; and The Oval in 1968 when England gained an improbable final-over win against Australia. In later life, he shone as an administrative leader - as president of Kent and of the MCC, and as chairman of the ICC - and was made a Lord. Sir Garry Sobers spoke for many when he said at his memorial service, "Colin Cowdrey was a great man."

A Test of Character - The Story of John Holder, Fast Bowler and Test Match Umpire (Hardcover): Andrew Murtagh, John Holder A Test of Character - The Story of John Holder, Fast Bowler and Test Match Umpire (Hardcover)
Andrew Murtagh, John Holder
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R584 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R101 (17%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Barbados-born John Holder arrived in England during the 1960s as part of the second wave of West Indian immigrants recruited by London Transport after the war. While working on the Underground he was recommended for a trial at Hampshire. Impressed by his speed and hostility with the ball, they signed him on the spot. For seven years, his career as an opening bowler followed an uneven course, periods of loss of form and confidence punctuated with moments of sheer brilliance, the most noteworthy both coming in his final year at Hampshire in 1972, taking 13-128 in the same match against Gloucestershire and a hat-trick against Kent. A back injury brought his county career to a close. What better way to stay in touch than to become an umpire? A first-class umpire for 27 years, he officiated in 11 Tests and 23 one-day internationals. Former team-mate Andrew Murtagh had unique and unfettered access to his subject. A Test of Character throws an interesting light on the job of an international umpire, with all its pressures, vicissitudes, controversies and prejudices, leavened of course with a fair degree of humour too.

Meta (Paperback): Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee Meta (Paperback)
Andrew Murtagh, Adam Lee; Foreword by William Jaworski
R650 R541 Discovery Miles 5 410 Save R109 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Proof of Divine - One Man's Journey from Doubt to Faith, Hope, and Love (Paperback): Andrew Murtagh Proof of Divine - One Man's Journey from Doubt to Faith, Hope, and Love (Paperback)
Andrew Murtagh
R346 Discovery Miles 3 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Proof of Divine presents the journey of author Andrew Murtagh as he straddles the fence between faith and cynicism in an all-or-none look at the greatest story ever told. Blending his family's incredible stories of survival, faith, hope, and love, matched with his own walk from hockey player to coach to husband, father, and career man, he embarks on a five-year expedition towards the intersection of faith and reason. Is there a God? Are science and faith mutually exclusive? What is truth and what of logic, morality, and meaning? Who is the historical Jesus, and why Christianity? The faith of scientists, the science of skeptics, the questions of time, life, and purpose, Murtagh looks back at his own life and the inspiring lives of his forefathers to decide if he is an accident or an intention. The graze of a bullet, a soldier surrounded, an armed robbery, and a fateful desert drive-Murtagh puts the faith of his youth to the ultimate test: the Proof of Divine.

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