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50 Greatest Australian Cricketers

Published by Affirm Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

About The Book

Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them by virtue of their skills with ball and bat.

This book is about the latter.

Australia's favourite sport has a proud history of turning nobodies into somebodies and ordinary men and women into heroes of international renown.

From the black-and-white belligerence of Ian Chappell to the colourful celebrity of Shane Warne, the diplomacy of Adam Gilchrist to the ruthlessness of Meg Lanning, the pantheon of Australia's greatest cricketers is as mottled as the crowds that cheer them on. But who is the greatest of them all?

In The 50 Greatest Australian Cricketers, sports journalist and comedy writer Dan Liebke relives the careers, characteristics and enduring legacies of the finest Australian cricket players of the past 50 years.

About The Author

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Dan Liebke is a comedy writer, who was a regular contributor to MAD Magazine in Australia for two decades before coming to his senses and turning his comic focus to cricket. In addition to a social media presence on Bluesky (@liebcricket.com), Dan has contributed articles making fun of cricket and cricketers to a variety of magazines and websites (including his own – liebcricket.com). He also co-hosts both the Can’t Bowl, Can’t Throw and Ridiculous Ashes cricket podcasts, and has written numerous cricket books, most of which have been published by Affirm Press (including The 50 Greatest Matches in Australian Cricket, The 50 Greatest Australian Cricketers and The 100 Funniest Moments in Australian Cricket, among others). Dan is a genuine all-rounder, equally inept with both bat and ball – and he steadfastly believes that cricket is the funniest, and hence best, sport that humanity has ever invented.

Product Details

  • Publisher: Affirm Press (October 27, 2020)
  • Length: 336 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781922400468

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