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  • Oi Key, a journeyman tells

    by Ken on August 5, 2020

    For those without cable tv, Rob Key remains a background Pom who played a handful of Tests against Australia years back for just one 50. But he is among the elite to make a Test double-century at Lord’s and his stories and refreshingly frank opinions challenge and amuse; it’s little wonder he has become one…

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  • TALL STORIES & TRUE

    TALL STORIES & TRUE

    by Ken on August 5, 2020

    According to Ricky Ponting, few eat, breathe and sleep cricket like Melburnian Ken Piesse, author of almost 60 cricket books including this fun offering Favourite Cricket Yarns. Ken has witnessed Test cricket from Bridgetown to Bellerive and Johannesburg to Cardiff.

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  • Born to Play, the Barry Davis Story

    Born to Play, the Barry Davis Story

    by Ken on August 4, 2020

    ‘Don’t you dare say anything until you calm down, we’ll talk about this then,’ said Barry Davis. And instead of delivering one of his infamous ‘sprays’, football’s messiah Ron Barassi backed off.

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  • Cricketing Caesar

    by Ken on July 22, 2020

    Mike Brearley has a mythical status in English cricket.  As the man who effected a stunning turnaround of the Ashes in 1981 ‘he proved that dreams can really come true,’ says author Mark Peel. ‘He played a critical part in bringing out the best in Ian Botham and Bob Willis, both of whom had lost…

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