The Wit of Cricket - The Perfect Antidote to the Ashes!

Informationen zum Autor Barry Johnston is an author, editor and producer. He appeared with the vocal group Design on more than 50 TV shows in the 1970s, including Morecambe and Wise , The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill. He presented the breakfast show on KLOA-AM in California and also a daily programme on BBC Radio Sussex. He now runs Barn Productions and produced the award-winning audiobooks Johnners at the Beeb and The Wit of Cricket . He is an editor and compiler for major publishers and also his own books including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Letters Home 1926-1945 , and is the author of biographies of Kenneth Horne and of his father, Brian Johnston. Klappentext THIS BUMPER COLLECTION OF THE FUNNIEST ANECDOTES, JOKES AND STORIES FROM CRICKET'S BEST-LOVED PERSONALITIES PROVES THAT CRICKET IS STILL A FUNNY GAME - EVEN WHEN RAIN STOPS PLAY! With a new introduction by Jonathan Agnew. In this updated and expanded edition of the popular THE WIT OF CRICKET you can read many more hilarious anecdotes about legendary cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Donald Bradman, Geoff Boycott, Andrew Flintoff, Joe Root and Ben Stokes. There also dozens of humorous gaffes and giggles from the commentary box by Jonathan Agnew, Henry Blofeld, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Dan Norcross and others - not to mention sledging, short-sighted umpires, streakers, and the phantom sock snipper in the England dressing-room! Vorwort The classic collection of ANECDOTES, JOKES & STORIES from cricket's best-loved personalities Zusammenfassung The classic collection of ANECDOTES, JOKES & STORIES from cricket's best-loved personalities

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Barry Johnston, Johnston Barry
• Editore: Hodder & Stoughton
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 04.05.2023
• EAN: 9781399703680
• ISBN: 978-1-399-70368-0
• Pagine: 368
• Dimensioni: 128 mm x 196 mm x 34 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Fumetti, cartoni, humour, satira; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura generale e comparata; HUMOR / General, cricket, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cricket, Humour, Humour collections & anthologies, Biography and non-fiction prose, Humour collections and anthologies, cricket; gift for cricket fan; father's day; the ashes; christmas gift for cricket fan; test match special; jonathan agnew; gifts for dad; stocking filler; henry blofeld; cricket books; stuart broad; test cricket; Ben Stokes