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The Grade Cricketer

Autor Dave Edwards, Sam Parry, Ian Higgins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 mai 2022
Welcome to the world of The Grade Cricketer. Described as the most original voice in cricket, this book represents the fading hopes and dreams of every ageing amateur sportsman. In this tell-all 'autobiography', the book describes his cricketing career with unflinching honesty and plenty of humour, in turn providing insights into the hyper-masculine cricket 'dressing room'. This one-time junior prodigy is now experiencing the lean, increasingly existential years of adult cricket. Here, he learns quickly that one will need more than just runs and wickets to make it in the alpha-dominated grade cricket jungle, where blokes like Nuggsy, Bruiser, Deeks and Robbo reign supreme. Through it all, The Grade Cricketer lays bare his deepest insecurities -- his relationship with Dad, his fleeting romances outside the cricket club - and, in turn, we witness a gentle maturation; a slow realisation that perhaps, just maybe, there is more to life than hitting 50 not out in third grade and enjoying a few celebratory beers afterwards. Or is there? The book is based upon the popular Twitter account, @gradecricketer, which has received critical acclaim for its frighteningly honest portrayal of amateur cricket. Now, the time has finally come for this middling amateur sportsman to tell his story in full.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781922129819
ISBN-10: 192212981X
Pagini: 226
Dimensiuni: 155 x 235 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.35 kg
Editura: melbourne books
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Recenzii

"The beauty of The Grade Cricketer is he is more than a grade cricketer - he is every cricketer, from the park to the SCG. His insights into the game make people laugh mostly because they reflect every cricketer's unspoken convictions. We all live vicariously through him, as he does us."" Kerry O'Keeffe: Former Australian Test Cricketer and media personality: ""The Grade Cricketer has taken us so far inside a district club dressing room that you feel like a locker. Ligaments could not be closer to the bone than some of his observations." -- Ed Cowan, Australian Test Cricketer and Fox Sports presenter
"Having an arm like a leg and constantly taunted that the batter down the local fish and chip shop was better than me, I found comfort from The Grade Cricketer that your relevance at a Cricket Club was not just on the field. His guidance has changed my life forever, and also my technique on the leg side". -- Ryan Fitzgerald, Former AFL player, host of Nova 969 Breakfast and panelist on The Back Page
''The Grade Cricketer embodies the hopes and dreams of every dedicated, hard working club cricketer - except those that involve actual dedication and hard work.'' -- Richard Hinds, Sports Journalist, News Ltd. Regular Panellist: The Offsiders

Notă biografică

Dave Edwards is an experienced entrepreneur, executive, investor, and advisor. At Apple, he was head of software application marketing, where he absorbed Steve Job's product ethos that design isn't just what something looks and feels like-design is how it works. Dave advises leaders and founders on how to use design and technology to build better businesses.In 2017, the artificial intelligence market research firm Dave founded alongside his wife, Helen Edwards, was sold to Atlantic Media, and they continued their work at Atlantic Media's subsidiary Quartz. As a husband-and-wife team, Dave and Helen have worked together since 2009, and they wouldn't have it any other way.Sonder Studio is their fifth company, where they focus on helping humans succeed. Make Better Decisions is their first book.