Ask Bearders by Bill Frindall
What is the highest number of runs a player has scored in Test matches without ever being dismissed? In 2001, he began offering his cricket expertise through a column on the Test Match Special website, 'Ask Bearders'.
"The doyen of cricket scorers" -- Angus Fraser * The Independent *
"There are other very competent practitioners of the essential art of cricket scoring, but [Bill] was indubitably the most illustrious, indefatigable and industrious of them all" -- Christopher Martin Jenkins * The Times *
"There are other very competent practitioners of the essential art of cricket scoring, but [Bill] was indubitably the most illustrious, indefatigable and industrious of them all" -- Christopher Martin Jenkins * The Times *
Bill Frindall was born in Epsom, Surrey, on the first day of the Timeless Test at Durban. Dubbed `The Bearded Wonder' by the late Brian Johnston, Frindall was the longest serving member of Radio 4's Test Match Special commentary team. Making his debut in 1966, he scored 377 Test matches, including all 246 played in England. He was appointed an MBE in 2004 for his services to cricket and to broadcasting, and was the editor of the Playfair Cricket Annual for 23 years, from 1986 until his death in January 2009.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846078804 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846078806 |
| Title | Ask Bearders |
| Author | Bill Frindall |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Ebury Publishing |
| Year published | 2009-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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