The Cricketer Book of Cricket Disasters and Bizarre Records

by Christopher Martin-Jenkins (Editor), Mike Brearley (Introduction), Stan McMurtry (Illustrator)

Ordeals by fire and pestilence are commonplace in cricketing history and plague has frequently been wished onto opponents and umpires. These pages are liberally strewn with the stories of catastrophe and disaster and punctuated with bizarre records and tales of the incredible. Of course what is disaster for one side may be glorious success for their opponents and many of these tales have been reported with malicious glee by the beneficiaries.

Readers of The Cricketer around the world have contributed many amazing stories, some of which are well documented and others which may only have been over heard at the bar.

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118 pages, Hardcover

First published October 1, 1983

Reviews

[Simon Trelawney]

An amusing collection of bizarre occurrences, on the cricket field involving batting, bowling, fielding, umpiring and much else. Most of these incidents occurred in matches below first class level, though there are a few at county and Test level. Cartoons illustrate some of these.