Do They Play Cricket in Ireland?

Do They Play Cricket in Ireland?

Subtitle:
The 25-year Journey to a Test Match at Lord’s
By:
David Townsend
Price:
£16.99
Out:
ISBN:
9781785318405
Format:
Hardback
Size:
222 x 144
Pages:
352

Description

Do They Play Cricket in Ireland? is the endearing story of driven players and officials who wanted to compete with the best. From worrying about Gibraltar to worrying Australia, David Townsend tells how the Boys in Green took the world by storm, beating Pakistan, England and the West Indies in three World Cups on the way to a Test match at Lord's.

About the author

David Townsend went to his first Test match at the age of six, became a freelance cricket writer two decades later and was Middlesex reporter for the telephone information service Cricketcall. During a 15-year career sub-editing sport at The Times, Daily Express and Observer, he was also Mike Gatting's ghost writer. 'DT' began covering Ireland in 1994 and still writes for the Irish Independent while commentating on county cricket for the BBC.

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