Legends of the Baggy Green: Dubious Behaviour and Achievements from Cricket's Chequered History

by Alexander Buzo (Author)

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  Paperback
  2004

  $3.31

  Full of brigands and bogans, legends and sledgends, Legends of the Baggy Green is an acerbic commentary on the codes and manners of cricket behaviour. Part social history, part blooper tape, this book takes sports comedy back to where it all began. The sins of modern cricket - sledging, chucking, match-fixing, plus the heinous practice of putting the ball in the freezer to make it bounce higher - are all here, along with a rogues' gallery that includes everyone from Horseshoe Herby Collins to Salim The Rat Malik. There is ample scope for both humour and criticism here, and playwright, satirist and genuine cricket 'tragic' Alex Buzo has sharpened his pen to provide plenty of both.