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Sticky Dogs and Stardust The Third Innings

When the Legends Played in the Leagues
  • ISBN-13: 9781915237729
  • Publisher: FAIRFIELD BOOKS
    Imprint: FAIRFIELD BOOKS
  • By Scott Oliver
  • Price: AUD $61.99
  • Stock: 0 in stock
  • Availability: Book will be despatched upon release.
  • Local release date: 01/07/2026
  • Format: Hardback (234.00mm X 156.00mm) 336 pages Weight: 0g
  • Categories: Cricket [WSJC]
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The latest instalment of the award-winning Sticky Dogs and Stardust series, ‘The Third innings’ is another cache of fascinating and – in many cases – previously untold stories documenting the experiences of superstar cricketers playing for recreational cricket teams.

Unlike other sports, cricket – and especially the club cricket of England and the British Isles – allows weekend players to rub shoulders with international stars and even superstars in a fully competitive context, resulting in memorable experiences (both on and off the field) for pros and amateurs alike. These magical stories are unique to cricket, yet no one has collected them in one place. Until now.

Tirelessly researched and written with flair, wit and a deep understanding of amateur cricket, this third instalment of Sticky Dogs and Stardust is (like its predecessors) a must-read for every cricket-lover, and will also appeal to those interested in the sporting and social history of the UK. Players featured include Allan Border, Sourav Ganguly, Javed Miandad, Justin Langer, Carl Hooper, Martin Crowe, Andy Flower, Mushtaq Ahmed, Merv Hughes, SF Barnes, Patrick Patterson and more.

The first volume of Sticky Dogs and Stardust was named the Wisden Book of the Year in 2024, also earning Oliver the title of JM Kilburn Cricket Writer of the Year and nominations for the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year 2024, and the Sports Book Awards 2024.

Scott Oliver turned to freelance features writing in 2012 after completing an arduous PhD on Peronist Argentina – mainly about sport, although he has written on culture and politics for the Guardian, the New EuropeanNew StatesmanVICE and others. He has written hundreds of pieces on a multitude of topics for ESPNcricinfo, Cricbuzz, the Cricketer and Wisden Cricket Monthly, for whom he has been club cricket correspondent since its 2017 re-launch, compiling the much-loved “Club Cricket Hall of Fame” series. Sticky Dogs and Stardust won the 2023 Wisden Book of the Year.

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