The Worst Of Cricket: Malice And Misfortune In The World'S Cruellest Game (Worst Of Sport)

The Worst of Cricket: Malice and Misfortune in the World's Cruellest Game (Worst of Sport)

We've been swallowing the myth for years; that cricket is a gentlemanly pursuit, where bad luck is something to be borne stoically, and bad behavior is a poor form that will get you drummed out of the club. This is plainly nonsense. This book is a warts-and-all celebration of that truth: that cricket is sometimes so bad to its participants that they have no option other than to hit back just as hard. So pad up and take your guard for a full panoply of cricket horror stories: from the worst umpiring decisions, the worst tantrums, and the worst injuries to the worst riots, worst gamesmanship, and worst dismissals; from the worst confrontations and the worst upsets to the worst mistakes and worst off-field misdemeanors... all from the first-class game. Each of The Worst Of Cricket's 12 chapters covers a different worst - including the worst umpiring decisions, the worst tantrums, and the worst injuries - and gives the 11 worst examples from first-class cricket. At the end of each chapter, there's also a slightly irreverent worst 12th man. There's the umpire who upheld a timed-out appeal against a rheumatically-challenged batsman for creeping agonizingly to the wicket; the fielder who impaled himself on the pavilion gates; the man who rolled the pitch and triggered a riot; while Ian Botham provides the sex, the drugs, and the rock-n-roll-style dressing-room trashings!