Caps, Hats & Helmets: Cricket's a Funny Game
by Max Walker (2006)

 

Publisher: Tangle Press
ISBN: 0975791109
Year Published: 2006
Binding: Paperback

Cricket is a game full of stories. There are hundreds of them under every cap, hat and helmet, no matter whether the game is played on the MCG or an unmown paddock in Tasmania.

Max Walker, one of Australia's best-loved storytellers, has played on both, and plenty of other places in between.

His bowling action was unique and so is his turn of phrase. Max delivers yarns from all over the world including:

 
      • Dreaming of a baggy green cap.
      • The taxi ride from hell.
      • How we nailed 17 runs off the last ball.
      • Backyard cricket…at the MCG.
      • Face to face with The 12th Man.
      • Don Who? Don Bradman, that's who!
      • "We're going to play cricket at night!"- a tribute to the man who saved cricket, Kerry Packer.

Steve Waugh

"My baggy green cap is my most prized possession. I always felt the condition of the cap was a direct connection to the amount of memories and great times I had while I played for Australia."

"Max Walker embodies the spirit of the baggy green cap and I look up to his attitude towards life."

Ian Botham

"Cricket is full of characters and communicators. We all ove the stories ... very few tell them better than big Maxie."