From classic quotes from cricket legends and commentators to recent quotes from rising new stars such as Freddie Flintoff, this is a fully updated volume containing 16 pages of new quotations as well as anecdotes about England's Triumphant Ashes victory in 2005. It was probably when David Bairstow, the former Yorkshire and England wicketkeeper, belligerently informed him that he knew "three-tenths of seven-eights of sod all" that David Hopps realized that he had received his first contender as one of the most unforgettable cricket quotes of the 20th century. Cricket has long been treasured as the most literary of sports, but that is only a fraction of the story. This unrivalled collection, pieced together over the past 15 years, reveals the game not only for its intelligence and incisive writing but also for its wit, controversy, and plain-speaking. The greatest players, the most colorful characters, and the most famous conflicts are all brought to life in a book which provides an instant and engrossing flavor of cricket's journey through the last 100 years. There has never been a history quite like it. It contains classic quotations from cricket legends, as well rising new stars of the game injecting arrogance and spark to the traditional gentleman's sport.