Soft Deliveries: A 'Century' of Cricket Yarns

There are many types of deliveries bowled in the game of cricket. Some are potentially more dangerous than others, such as the ‘Bobbitt’ — it;s short of a length, it's a dangerous, vicious and painful delivery, it's an off cutter, it moves away in the air, it’s difficult to score from and it's recommended the cut and pull shots be avoided! The reasons for players nicknames, the funnier side of touring in the West Indies, things the commentators shouldn't have said...they're all in here. From odd happenings in the 1880s to cricket in the USA, these stories will have any cricket fan chuckling.