Cricket's Strangest Matches

Cricket's Strangest Matches

Author: Andrew Ward

Publisher: Portico

ISBN: 9781911042402

Category: Sports & Recreation

Page: 256

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Cricket’s Strangest Tales is a fascinating collection of cricketing weirdness – and there’s a lot of it to choose from! Within these pages you’ll find a game that was played on ice, meet a plague of flying ants who failed to dampen players’ enthusiasm, and examples of the grand old tradition of one-armed teams versus one-legged teams. The stories in this book are bizarre, fascinating, hilarious, and, most importantly, true. Fully revised, redesigned and updated with a selection of new material for 2016, this book is the perfect gift for the cricket fanatic in your life. Word count: 45,000 words
Cricket's Strangest Matches
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Pages: 256

Cricket's Strangest Matches

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Categories: Cricket
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