Amazon.co.uk Review
Unlike many books purporting to be humorous,
The Funny Book of Cricket lives up to its name.
Packed from cover to cover with witty anecdotes, amusing stories and peculiar entries on numerous scorecards, it will brighten up any rained-off periods.
Denis Norden is one of the openers, with an observation many a fanatic will identify with:
It's a really funny kind of month, October. For the really keen cricket fan it's when you discover your wife left you in late May.
And of course, that most famous of Johnners quotes follows on:
At the Oval, with Michael Holding bowling to Peter Willey, Brian Johston told radio listeners: "The bowler's Holding--the Batsman's Willey."
Colourful, humorous illustrations add to the fun and succeed in making what is often the driest of sports laugh-out-loud funny. A great gift.