The Wit of Cricket: Classic Collection

Barry Johnston

Jun 2022 · Hodder & Stoughton · Narrated by Barry Johnston, Brian Johnston, Christopher Martin-Jenkins, Dan Norcross, Dickie Bird, Fred Trueman, Henry Blofeld, Mark Meadows, Peter Baxter, Richie Benaud, and Robert Powell

About this audiobook

This bumper collection of the funniest anecdotes, jokes and stories from cricket's best-loved personalities proves that cricket is a funny game - even when rain stops play!

In this special audio edition, you can hear not only the most popular stories told by five of the game's all-time great characters - Richie Benaud, Dickie Bird, Henry Blofeld, Brian Johnston and Fred Trueman - but also the humour of famous cricketers such as Ian Botham, Andrew Flintoff, Justin Langer, Shane Warne, and modern players including Jimmy Anderson, Joe Root and Ben Stokes.

Here are dozens of hilarious anecdotes from around the world about the legendary cricketers Geoffrey Boycott, Donald Bradman, Michael Holding, Sachin Tendulkar and many others - not to mention broadcasting gaffes and giggles, sledging, short-sighted umpires and the phantom sock snipper in the England dressing-room!

(P) 2022 Hodder & Stoughton Limited

About the author

Barry Johnston is an author, editor and producer. He appeared with the vocal group Design on more than 50 TV shows in the 1970s, including Morecambe and Wise, The Two Ronnies and Benny Hill. He presented the breakfast show on KLOA-AM in California and also a daily programme on BBC Radio Sussex. He now runs Barn Productions and produced the award-winning audiobooks Johnners at the Beeb and The Wit of Cricket. He is an editor and compiler for major publishers and also his own books including the Sunday Times top ten bestseller Letters Home 1926-1945, and is the author of biographies of Kenneth Horne and of his father, Brian Johnston.