An A to Z of cricket stories, legends and sledges - plus fascinating facts and figures about Australia's cricketing men and women. Ken's two recent titles with Echo, Favourite Cricket Yarns and Favourite Footy Yarns, are both perennial favourites.
Australia v England.The Legendary urn. Grace, Bradman, Warne, Bodyline and the World Series breakaway . . . The touchstones of the Ashes loom large in the consciousness of two proud and competitive nations. This book joins the dots in a comprehensive account of the Ashes tests, from their informal beginnings in the 1860s to the already legendary Australian 5-0 reclamtion of 2007. The Ashes reviews each decade with a feast of lively anecdotes and fascinating eyewitness accounts, highlighting legends of the game from Hobbs to Lillee, as well as those unfortunately (or best) forgotten. Packed with argument-busting statistics and handsomely illustrated, this definitive volume tracks the development of cricket's ultimate contest from a money-making exercise to one of the world's most enduring and feisty sporting rivalries.
Which notable player asked Don Bradman if he 'had anything to do with cricket'? Who told a young Shane Warne to forget bowling and concentrate on his batting? Whose outfield catch is considered the greatest of all? Find out in Favourite Cricket Yarns. Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating anecdotes, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any cricket fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from The Don, Big Merv and the Chappells to Gilly, Clarke and Smith.
Football Legends of the Bush is a stirring collection of tales about the best country players who went on to the big league and the hometown heroes who stayed behind and contributed to their local teams. From Bunbury to Warragul and beyond, you'll find a smorgasbord of yarns covering stunning upsets, embarrassing blunders, staggering goal tallies and famous larrikins. This definitive book of bush footy includes Country teams who beat the big leaguers The most goals scored in a season Favourite football sons, region by region Match brawls and other incidents A first-gamer who was best afield with two left boots The man who could kick around corners and lots more! Football buff and much-published author Ken Piesse has assembled a truly exceptional book of facts, trivia and anecdotes that will amuse, inform and fascinate AFL fans everywhere.
How much did it originally cost to sign up 'the King', Wayne Carey? Which Carlton player only found out he'd retired when he read it in the papers? What did Buddy Franklin carry with him on the Kokoda Trail? Find out in Favourite Footy Yarns. Packed full of hilarious (mostly) true stories, fascinating facts, bloopers and stats, this updated edition from Australian sport's master storyteller Ken Piesse will have you laughing out loud. The perfect book for any footy fan, it covers the biggest names in the game - from Barassi, Whitten and Ablett to Riewoldt, Fev and Cripps.
Following on from the success of the hardback edition, Great Australian Cricket Stories is now available in paperback. Melbourne-based author and commentator KEN PIESSE has provided an extraordinary and entertaining array of cricketing yarns and tall stories and true spiced by some truly magnificent and many-never-before published images and illustrations. There are literally 100s of stories from events, laughs, larrikins and legends through to contributions from cricketers who wrote, the great innings, favorite fiction, cricketing verse and much, much more. This is a wonderful, informative, free-flowing smorgasboard of cricket stories that will delight cricket buffs of all ages.
Cricket is famous for producing the extraordinary and the unforgettable. We never tire in celebrating the quintessential moments in the careers of the most legendary Australians from Bradman and Lillee to Warne and Steve Smith - their greatest triumph, their greatest day. Experience the finest moments of all with Australian cricket's master storyteller Ken Piesse.
This book is a must for fans of Australian cricket a registry of every first class player Australian cricket has developed all together in one book. Every Test, one-day international, 20/20 and Sheffield Shield player dating back to 1888 is in this book, 3,500 names, essential statistics and biographies of the main players.
Sports journalist, commentator and prolific author Ken Piesse has put together an irresistible anthology of rarely published stories, anecdotes and magnificent photographs from the who's who of Australia's best sports writers, historians and photographers.
Anglo-Australian cricket battles have been a highlight on the sporting calendar for 150 years and more. From Bradman to Benaud and Waugh to Warne, Great Ashes Moments highlights the champions, their quintessential moments and their favourite stories, tall and true. It's another irresistible smorgasbord from renowned writer and cricket enthusiast Ken Piesse, author of the best-selling AUSTRALIAN CRICKET STORIES. In GREAT ASHES MOMENTS, we celebrate the heroic happenings, the greatest games and the mightiest solos, through the eyes of many of the greats from yesteryear.
The Greatest Game is a hilarious smorgasbord of tall stories and true, straight from the mouths of the greats of Aussie Rules - from players, coaches, umpires and commentators even through to a proud parent or two. Among them you'll find: Ablett's 14 goals (for a loss!) Bristling Barassi Courageous decisions Dicky knees>ristling Barassi Courageous decisions Dicky knees
On Ya Warnie is by Ken Piesse, cricket author and historian, who's known and watched Warnie since he was a young teenager. He was as surprising then as he is now. Warnie was the magician, the joker in the pack, the go-to man, the high- spirited super power of Australian cricket and from conducting corroboree dances on dressing room balconies to zipping his sports cars down the MCG's Brunton Avenue, he did everything flat-out. With Warne in their team, Australia was virtually unbeatable. No-one, not even Don Bradman, won more cricket matches for Australia. Australian sport's ultimate headliner, he changed cricket like never before. On Ya Warnie celebrates Australia's finest sportsman of the last 50 years, featuring the yarns, the laughs, the flippers, the fancies - and much, much more.
From laughs and legends to sledges and stuff-ups, this is the cricket season gift. From a horse that took a triple hat-trick, to captains who tossed over the telephone, and an umpire who went missing in mid-over for a week Favourite Cricket Yarns is a compelling smorgasbord of tall and mostly true stories, from Australian cricket's master storyteller Ken Piesse. Gaffes, sledges, bloopers and quips just in time from the man who, in the words of Ricky Ponting, lives, eats and breathes cricket. Jam-packed with great laugh-a-minute anecdotes to amuse and entertain all cricket lovers. A wide range of great photographs and funny cartoons by Paul Harvey. Foreword by Ricky Ponting.
Tall tales and true from the game's biggest names - Bradman, Gilchrist, Harvey, Miller, Ponting, Warne . . . Awesome records Billy Bowden's boots in the fridge Centuries in the dark Double hat-tricks the Errol Flynn of cricket a Fourteen-ball over Gems from Nugget Hassett's billygoat the Invincibles Jamaica, Tangles Walker and glass of rum the Karachi crawl Lessons from the Don Merv Hughes in the science lab Net sessions from Hell One-Test wonders Ponting's wise grandma Quips (classic) Rescues from drowning Sledging with a smile Toothbrushing with Foster's Underarms Veivers' 90 overs in one innings when Waugh was a ring-in Xavier Tras Yankees Zany occurrences on and off the field You'll find all these and more in this highly entertaining, alphabetical collection by renowned cricket writer Ken Piesse.
From match-fixing, board-room punch-ups and captains in disgrace through to selection scams, insults and mob violence, cricket has long been surrounded by scandal.
This title tracks cricket player Shane Warnes's humble beginnings with the East Sandringham Under 12s in suburban Melbourne through to Test cricket centre-stage and a hat trick against the old enemy, England.
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