cricket with balls

Sorry to harp on about my book, I’m not, but there was one thing I wanted to mention.

I was not the only author of it.

Yes I wrote most of it (75% original, 22% taken from online stuff I’d done) but the other 3% came from 4 contributors.

One was my wife Miriam. Those who have been reading here for a while will remember her work.

Then I had test cricket’s greatest blogger, Iain O’Brien, who wrote about a part of the Ashes series that meant something to him.

Also was Rob Smyth of the Guardian, who is the world’s expert on the last day at Adelaide in 06/07, so I got him to sum that up.

And last, but by no means least, was The Old Batsman, who delved into the English media and gave me some words on their Ashes involvement.

All these people added a touch of respectability to my crude ramblings.

Thank you all very much.

In case any of you wanted to know about how Monty Panesar goes about his day, the oldbatsman has an exclusive with his diary.

“Go down to breakfast. This man comes over to my table and starts firing questions at me about the menu. ‘I respect all kinds of breakfasts,’ I tell him. ‘Continental, full English, kippers, scrambled eggs, there’s not one of them that is better than the other. I’m just focussed on eating my breakfast and not worrying about anyone else’s.’”

Get over to the oldbatsman for the rest.