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Yakking Around the World: A Cricketer's Quest for Love and Utopia (Hardcover)

by Simon Hughes (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster Ltd; First Edition, First Impression edition (5 Jun 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0684866374
  • ISBN-13: 978-0684866376
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 362,667 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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As a cricketer Simon Hughes enjoyed not immoderate success as a bowler with a championship-winning Middlesex side. As a writer, his previous effort A Lot of Hard Yakka, a tale of the life of an English county cricketer, won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award in 1997.

Nowadays, Hughes can be found filling the role of "The Analyst" on Channel 4's test match coverage. Clearly a man of more than one talent, Hughes has now chronicled his travels around the cricketing globe as player and journalist. And as a success, Yakking Around The World stands comfortably amongst his other achievements. Having visited every test-cricket-playing nation, Hughes narrates his odyssey in whites with much aplomb. From London to Lahore via the Leewards, and many other exotic locations, he spices his recollections with memories of the local people and hospitality, with most specific and humorous reference to varying degrees of success with the native womenfolk. Cricket has often been twinned with travel writing, but rarely can it have been married with stories of red-blooded sexual desire! Hughes shakes all three into a splendidly funny cocktail and comes up with a winner. --Trevor Crowe



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Motivated by a hatred of English winters, professional cricketer Simon Hughes embarked on a worldwide quest to play a season in each of the major cricketing nations. This memoir recounts these years, with anecdotes and observations on topics ranging from sporting experiences to life abroad.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Aussies will not be best pleased!, 20 Feb 2002
By hugh_jenkins@hotmail.com (Perth, Australia (originally Wales)) - See all my reviews
  
This review is from: Yakking Around the World: A Cricketer's Quest for Love and Utopia (Paperback)
Fantastic
Another gem from Simon Hughes. It was great to see somebody willing to speak honestly about his time in other countries (and without political correctness). In particular, Australians should be very wary of reading this book as they come in for some well aimed observation of their character, and as the author himself points out, despite the many great things that country has to offer theyquickly take umbrage at any outsiders attempt to "Take the Mickey". I can speak with some authority on that subject.
Likewise, South Africans come in for a real serve, whilst Kiwis will be pleasantly surprised.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A cricket biography without the cucumber sandwiches, 26 April 2005
By Darren Simons (Middlesex, United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yakking Around the World: A Cricketer's Quest for Love and Utopia (Paperback)
Cricket... that fine game you either love or hate. If you hate it, you are probably not reading this review. If you love it, you may well remember Simon Hughes as a county cricketer (mostly at Middlesex) who has since become a TV commentator analysing batsmen and bowlers during a game.

Yakking Around the World is Hughes account of what it's like to be a county cricketer, what you can do in the English winter (ie. when there's no cricket to play at home) and basically how to get through the career. Rather than focussing too much on the cricket, Hughes describes all the places he has had the chance to play cricket and using his own calculation figures out which place is best... understandably this complex calculation is made up of what he thinks of the people, the cricket, the beaches, but most of all how often he got laid!

I found this book to be a great read, very entertaining, not too bogged down in cricket. This was the first book I read by the author but I will certainly be reading others. His style of writing is very relaxed, not at all in-your-face, and very readable. One of those books that you read on the train and you suddenly burst out laughing much to everyone's amusement.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars genuinely sharp and funny, 3 May 2001
By Clive Pacey "clivexxxx" (london) - See all my reviews
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Not too many books make me laugh out loud but Simon Hughes wonderful observations and sharp humour certainly succeeded. Australians and South africans should tread carefully. The author's opinions of them are pretty mixed to say the least, which is refreshing and probably in line with more observers than these over proud countries probably appreciate. But there is a lot more too it than that. Serious observations of the great game mixed with a woody allenesque love life and nuerosises and more than a few strange adventures contribute to a fantastic read.
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1.0 out of 5 stars A massive disappointment
I finally picked this book up and expected the most, being a big fan of Hughes' first book. This, however, is so bad it is embarrassing. Read more
Published on 9 Nov 2001 by D. Waddell

5.0 out of 5 stars Another excellent read from Simon Hughes
I thoroughly enjoyed 'A lot of hard yakka' and belived that Simon Hughes would find it difficult to better that book. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2001 by wmckinley@goldserve.net

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book for readers of any age or either sex.
This is a highly-entertaining, informative and well-written book which I just sat down and read from beginning to end. Read more
Published on 23 Sep 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Not your average cricket book
An excellent book with a vast number of stories to keep you interested. The way the author tells us about the best and worst things in a country is capitivating. Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2000 by paul.martin@glenigan.emap.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book
A totally excellent book. Even if you hate cricket you can relate to the stories in this book. It gives an informative but funney guide to the major cricket playing nations. Read more
Published on 25 Jul 2000 by ee61cs@ee.surrey.ac.uk

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for travellers and cricketers alike
This is a great read and really gets under the skin of the countries visited....Hughes' abject honesty on life, love and locals wherever he went truly hit the spot. Read more
Published on 30 Jun 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Not just for sports fans!
I like cricket, but wouldn't consider myself a real fan, but this book is less about cricket, more about travel and life. Read more
Published on 17 Jun 2000

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