Description
Ordeals by fire and pestilence are commonplace in cricketing history andplague has frequently been wishedonto opponents and umpires.These pages are liberally strewn with stories of catastrophe and disaster, and punctuated with bizarre records and tales of the incredible.Of course what is disaster for one side is 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 have only been overheard at the bar. Readers are encouraged to dispute the records claimed and invited to correct any facts that may have become distorted over the years.ISBN:0712609083
