The Wit Of Cricket Av Barry Johnston

<P><B>This bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket''s best-loved personalities proves that cricket </B><B>is a funny game - even when rain stops play!</B><br><br>In this updated and expanded edition, you can read not only the most popular stories by five of the game''s all-time great characters - Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian Johnston and Fred Trueman - but also the humour of famous cricketers such as Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Justin Langer, Shane Warne, and modern players including Jimmy Anderson, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.<br><br>Here are dozens of hilarious anecdotes from around the world about the legendary cricketers Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Michael Holding, Sachin Tendulkar and many others - not to mention broadcasting gaffes and giggles, sledging, short-sighted umpires and the phantom sock snipper in the England dressing-room!</P>