The Test Match Special Quiz Book

Nov 6, 2024 5:44 PM

Author:Dan Waddell

For over 50 years, Test Match Special has provided listeners with every Test cricket ball, batting average, and plenty of views from the boundary, too. But how well do you know your cricket?

Pit your wits against Aggers, Tuffers, Boycs and Johnners – and try not to get caught out! Can you identify the most famous players from history, name that ground or reel off well-known (and lesser-known) stats and facts. And of course, what Test Match Special would be complete without the gaffes, giggles, cakes and celebrity guests who make up a day at the cricket?

With over 3,000 mind-bending puzzles about every aspect of the sport and beyond, this is the ultimate test of any cricket fan's true average.

Reviews

In this inside account, it is Ranieri’s steadiness and dignity that impress most.

—— Nick Pitt , Sunday Times, Book of the Year

Britain's ballsiest explorer.

—— FHM

Hilarious

—— Soccer AM

Nobody ever wore the Arsenal shirt with more pride than Ray Parlour

—— Piers Morgan

Parlour emerges as somebody who is open and generous, always up for a laugh, rarely thinking of the consequences

—— New Statesman

Endearing and engrossing... what this book does beautifully is affirm that the enjoyment of football isn't so much about the game or the result, it's about the journey we, as supporters, take in the process.

—— The Football Pink

A timely celebration of non-league football... provides a great antidote to sport as big business.

—— The Bookseller

Football books can be a mixed bag, but Dave Roberts really hits the target with Home and Away.

—— The Non-League Paper

A cracking, beautifully-observed pilgrimage.

—— Birmingham Mail

A really good read. You don't have to be a Bromley fan to enjoy it.

—— Vanarama National League

A great read for anyone who loves football.

—— The Ball is Round

Roberts perfectly captures what it is to follow your team and the lengths that fans go to in order to get their football fix. And from these journeys it can be seen how Roberts' writing has been compared to Bill Bryson, with wit and warmth.

—— footballbookreviews.com

If ever there was an author that could capture the love for the non-league game then that man is Dave Roberts.

—— The Non-League Magazine

Getting the tone just right, the author's good humour shines throughout... there's a fresh-eyed quality to his observations.

—— Groundtastic

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