Contents

Foreword by Tom Moody

1 Hit and Run

Triple-century with a broken bat

2 Lights, Camera, Action

Don Bradman, the actor

3 A Family Affair

Brother and sister open the bowling for same state in same year

4 Twenty20 Teasers

99 not out on Twenty20 debut

5 Political Intrigue

Prime Minister bats and bowls for both sides in same match

6 Cricket and Crime

Police officer interrupts his own innings to make an arrest

7 Speed and Spin

Identical career-best bowling figures in both Tests and one-day internationals

8 Women in Uniform

Female Test cricketer scores century in men’s match

9 Births and Deaths

Two Test cricketers with same nickname share the same date of birth and death

10 Team Triumphs and Tribulations

Century partnerships by opening and last-wicket pairs in same Test innings

11 Media Moments

Cricket commentator goes undercover to play in match

12 Cricket and Combat

Adolf Hitler and cricket

13 The Low and the Slow

Golden ducks on consecutive days

14 Writers and Painters

Arthur Conan Doyle takes a hat-trick

15 Cricket and the Classroom

Four ex-students from same school hit first-class centuries on same day

16 With Bat and Ball

A match double of 287 and 7-1

17 This Sporting Life

Queensland club cricketer becomes British Open golf champion

18 Personal Matters

Mass wedding to mark the World Cup

19 Pitch Perfect

Michael Jackson agrees to play cricket

20 Sundries

Same cricket match played in two countries at same time

Credits