Sticky Dogs and Stardust: When the Legends Played in the Leagues

The golden age of cricket stories involving top players and future stars has passed due to the earning power of top players and the international and franchise schedules impinging upon the UK summer. However, these stories are not obsolete and can still be found, often involving players taking their first steps on the road to superstardom, future stars before they became household names, and players in the twilight of their careers. Until now, no one has collected them in one place.

Format: Hardback
Length: 272 pages
Publication date: 17 April 2023
Publisher: Trinorth Ltd

The golden age of this type of story has now passed, with obvious reasons. Chief among them is the earning power of top players, both from central contracts and on the franchise Twenty20 circuit, as well as the fact that international and franchise schedules increasingly impinge upon the UK summer. These stories are not entirely obsolete, however, although they will most often involve players taking their first steps on the road to superstardom, future stars before they became household names. There are also players in the twilight of their careers, if not former stars, then certainly with their highest peaks behind them. And between the springtime baby steps and the autumnal last knockings, there are a clutch of chapters involving cricketers in their high-summer pomp, living legends treading the league cricket boards. These magical stories are unique to cricket. And yet no one has collected them in one place. Until now.

The golden age of this type of story has now passed, with obvious reasons. Chief among them is the earning power of top players, both from central contracts and on the franchise Twenty20 circuit, as well as the fact that international and franchise schedules increasingly impinge upon the UK summer. These stories are not entirely obsolete, however, although they will most often involve players taking their first steps on the road to superstardom, future stars before they became household names. There are also players in the twilight of their careers, if not former stars, then certainly with their highest peaks behind them. And between the springtime baby steps and the autumnal last knockings, there are a clutch of chapters involving cricketers in their high-summer pomp, living legends treading the league cricket boards. These magical stories are unique to cricket. And yet no one has collected them in one place. Until now.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781915237262