My 65^th and latest cricket book is a quirky ABC of Australian Cricket, being published in October by Echo/Bonnier Books.

My Australia-wide cricket miscellany of fun, facts, oddities and anecdote includes a foreword by Scott Boland, who ended the Christmas Test early with a remarkable spell of six for 7.

This entertaining and unique 192-page ‘ABC’ touches cricket at all levels and includes a foreword by Scott Boland.

Among the stories are:

The boy who saved Shane Warne from drowning;

The bush batting legend who forgot his bat;

The noted stone-waller who played boogie-woogie piano:

The bush ground where one boundary is so close you are given only two;

The fast bowler who went AWOL to the Caulfield races and was timed out;

The Test paceman who bowled in bloomers;

The 73-year-old who played first-grade;

AND  The farmer run out for 99 after his artificial leg fell off.

You can pre-order the book now and receive it post free.

The cost is $25. And I will sign it for you.