Paul Radley

Gebundenes Buch

Playing to Fix

From the Streets of Dubai to the Brink of Cricket's World Cup and Back Again

Beschreibung

Playing to Fix is a rags-to-riches-and-back-again account of a group of street cricketers who made good, only to become embroiled in a match-fixing scandal and throw away their cricket careers. The story of how the United Arab Emirates T20 World Cup dream died at the hands of an illegal betting syndicate.

Autor

Paul Radley is an award-winning sportswriter based in Dubai, where he works for The National newspaper. His work has also appeared in a number of other publications, including the Wisden Almanack, The Telegraph, The Cricketer, and ESPNcricinfo. Before starting out in journalism, he briefly worked for the ICC at Lord's, nearly set the shredder on fire, and was not invited back. Playing to Fix is his first book.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 145mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781801507158
• ISBN-10: 1801507155
• Artikelnr.: 70238364