First published in 1997. The story of the Yorkshire miner's son who became a household name as a Test match umpire. Bird provides views on the game and those involved in it, with behind the scenes accounts and humourous anecdotes. Many serious and constructive points about modern cricket are made.
The world's Test cricket grounds are big slices of real estate, even though the real action takes place on only 22 yards of wicket. This book shows the major sporting arenas wherever cricket's great battles are fought. It includes 200 photograph captions and anecdotes from Dickie Bird MBE, who umpired in 66 Test Matches from 1973 to 1996.
Recorded live in front of appreciative theatre audiences, here are dozens of hilarious stories about legendary Test cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Holding and Fred Trueman - as well as some of the most famous gaffes and practical jokes carried out by the commentary team on BBC Radio's Test Match Special.
Contains dozens of hilarious stories about legendary Test cricketers such as Richie Benaud, Ian Botham, Geoffrey Boycott, Michael Holding and Fred Trueman - as well as some of the most famous gaffes and practical jokes carried out by the commentary team on BBC Radio's Test Match Special , which were recorded live in front of theatre audiences.
Dickie Bird reads these outrageous and often hilarious anecdotes as he takes one County Cricket Club at a time and revisits each with the aid of memorabilia, statistics, books and videos. Flexing his memory, he describes the cricketers, matches and characters of these clubs as well as reliving his journeys as umpire to overseas clubs.