View All Results
  • Books
  • Authors
  • News
  • Industry
  • Get Published
    1. Books
      2. /
    2. Barry Johnston
      3. /
    3. The Wit of Cricket

    Imprint

    • Hodder & Stoughton

    Related

    The Wit of Cricket: Stories from Cricket's best-loved personalities

    Barry Johnston

    Formats & Editions

    A bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket's best-loved personalities. Cricket is a funny old game - even when rain stops play!

    Now 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 and insights of modern players including Michael Atherton, Andrew Flintoff, Darren Gough, Kevin Pietersen and Shane Warne.

    Crammed full of dozens of hilarious anecdotes about legendary Test cricketers such as Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Denis Compton, Michael Holding and Merv Hughes - plus broadcasting gaffes, sledging, short-sighted umpires and the first male streaker at Lord's!

     Read More

    More books by Barry Johnston
    The Wit of Cricket at Home and Abroad
    Barry Johnston
    The Wit of Cricket at Home and Abroad
    The Wit of Golf
    Barry Johnston
    The Wit of Golf
    Wit of Cricket 2
    Barry Johnston
    Wit of Cricket 2
    Barry Johnston

    Barry Johnston

    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.

    More about Barry Johnston

    Related books

    This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

    © Hachette Aotearoa | New Zealand, All Rights Reserved · Site by Chook