Book 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. This light-hearted read reveals
the ostrich moments that famous names would rather forget: the golden
ducks, horror bowling spells, costly drops, comedy run outs, team
collapses and umpiring howlers, which are etched forever in Wisden.
