Simmo: Cricket Then and Now

Simmo: Cricket Then and Now
ISBN-10
1741750415
ISBN-13
9781741750416
Series
Simmo
Category
Cricket
Pages
269
Language
English
Published
2006
Publisher
Allen & Unwin
Author
Bob Simpson

Description

Bob Simpson has had a longer career as player and coach than anyone else in Australian cricket. He holds strong and well researched views on numerous cricket issues and controversies, and has written some wonderfully intimate pen portraits of great players.

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