Out for a Duck
Subtitle: a Celebration of Cricketing Calamities
By: Ian Valentine ; illustrations by Oliver Preston
Publisher: Quiller
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 396
ISBN-13: 9781846891281
Subjects: Cricket; Anecdotes; Losers; GAMES; Gambling; Sports; SPORTS & RECREATION; Business Aspects; Essays; History; Reference; TRAVEL; Special Interest
Description: Cricket is usually told from its viewpoint of the winners. Out for a Duck: A Celebration of Cricketing Calamities champions the unfortunate cricketers who made those victories possible. For every record knock or wicket haul, every partnership or brilliant catch, there will be a batsman, bowler or fielder who has been on the receiving end. No cricketer is spared failure in his career. As Sir Don Bradman's zero in his final appearance proved, calamity strikes when least expected. Sooner rather than later, the cricketing gods will have some fun at their expense.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Dedication; Title Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Foreword by Henry Blofeld; The Primary Club; A Brief Glossary; Chapter One : Famous First Ballers; Chapter Two : Horror Debuts; Chapter Three : Battered Bowlers; Chapter Four : Costly Drops; Chapter Five : Captaincy Woes; Chapter Six : Duck Hunters; Chapter Seven : From the Jaws of Victory; Chapter Eight : Team Collapses; Chapter Nine : Umpiring Howlers; Chapter Ten : Chasing Leather; Chapter Eleven : Insult to Injury; Chapter Twelve : Expensive Run Outs; Chapter Thirteen : One-Sided Affairs.; title: Chapter Fourteen : Minnow MayhemChapter Fifteen : Nearly Men; Index; Copyright.