Hampshire Cricket On This Day

Product Description

Hampshire cricket has a rich heritage stretching from the rural game in the Hambledon epoch to the razzamatazz of Twenty 20 cricket under the floodlights at the Rose Bowl. Hampshire Cricket On This Day captures all the key events in those 260 years. It celebrates in diary form Hampshires Championship titles its one-day & Twenty 20 final successes record partnerships great bowling & batting performances its much loved grounds & its most notable matches. Tour & Test performances are also recorded. The exploits of the great players in its history such as Philip Mead Derek Shackleton Roy Marshall Barry Richards Gordon Greenidge Malcolm Marshall Robin Smith & Shane Warne are all recalled. The Countys charismatic captains in a line from Lionel Tennyson to Dominic Cork also receive attention. Readers will also learn of which Hampshire cricketers became a cowboy a monk trained snipers in the First World War served in the SAS emigrated to Australia to become a headmaster scored a try for Scotland whose nemesis shared the same birth date & whose benefit match started at midnight. The book is fully endorsed by the club & shows that Hampshire cricketers have been influential figures in the game all over the world. It will appeal to all cricket followers.