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The Cricketer Book of Cricket Eccentrics and Eccentric Behaviour
The fielder who wore his sweater back to front to confuse the batsman.
The county opener who walked to the wicket and hung a DO NOT DISTURB notice on the stumps before taking strike.
The bowler who found one cricket boot and one black shoe to be a comfortable and devastating combination.
Cricket is a sport that thrives on ‘characters’. Anyone who has ever played or watched a game of cricket will probably have spotted in every side a figure who seems to stand apart. This book remembers with affection many of the strange characters who in their own eccentric way have made their mark on the game that they so obviously love. From village green to Test Match arena this book recalls, often with admiration, many amazing cricketers and their own peculiar claims to a place in cricketing folklore.
[from the book cover]
The county opener who walked to the wicket and hung a DO NOT DISTURB notice on the stumps before taking strike.
The bowler who found one cricket boot and one black shoe to be a comfortable and devastating combination.
Cricket is a sport that thrives on ‘characters’. Anyone who has ever played or watched a game of cricket will probably have spotted in every side a figure who seems to stand apart. This book remembers with affection many of the strange characters who in their own eccentric way have made their mark on the game that they so obviously love. From village green to Test Match arena this book recalls, often with admiration, many amazing cricketers and their own peculiar claims to a place in cricketing folklore.
[from the book cover]
123 pages, Hardcover
First published April 25, 1985
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