Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics

No sport does storytelling like cricket – a game as full of heroes, villains, politics and drama as any Shakespearean play. And few have explored those stories as far and wide as the presenters of the award-winning and beloved podcast The Final Word, Geoff Lemon and Adam Collins. Over hundreds of episodes of Story Time, the history spin-off to the podcast, they have followed their listeners’ clues to track down the wildest characters, matches and situations the game has ever seen. Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics brings together the stories they enjoyed telling most, such as the 1879 riot in Sydney sparked by an umpire’s call, the all-rounder who tried to rob the Catholic Church, the biggest defeat in history, and much, much more. Produced as a small hardback with fabulous original illustrations by Karen Wallis, Bedtime Tales is perfect for the casual cricket fan and would make an excellent Christmas or birthday gift.