Thanks to Robert McVicker Burmeister for his involvement with the cover. To Neil Maxwell, Judie Andersen, Dominic Thornley and Matt Easy at Insite/ITM for their cooperation. To John Wisden & Co. Ltd for their kind assistance, and for the wealth of information contained in the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks. To Peter Young at Cricket Australia for his support and suggestions. To David Studham at the MCC library, who has got so involved that he now finds himself in the book! To all the staff at HarperCollins for their continued support. In particular, thanks to Lisa Berryman and Liana Spoke in Melbourne—energetic, supportive and always constructive with their suggestions—and to Patrick Mangan in Sydney for his outstanding editing skills and calm approach to the huge task of turning ‘Toby 4’ into the novel it now is.