A01=Adam Carroll-Smith
Author_Adam Carroll-Smith
Category=SFD
county cricket
cricket
cricket biography
England
english cricket
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Greatest Ever Batsman
India
international cricket
IPL
Sachin Tendulkar
Product details
- ISBN 9781908051516
- Weight: 242g
- Dimensions: 126 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 08 Nov 2011
- Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The story of one obsessive fan's unlikely ambition: to bowl just one ball at his childhood hero, Sachin Tendulkar. From the very first time he'd ever watched the 'Little Master' bat, as a 12-year-old boy, Adam Carroll-Smith had been transfixed. He dreamed not just of bowling to Tendulkar, but of actually knocking over his off stump. Just one problem: he was never really much of a cricketer. However, determined not to let such a small detail stand in his way - and eager to settle an old score with a childhood chum - Carroll-Smith earnestly set about achieving the unthinkable during India's 2011 tour of England. A hilarious summer ensued as he attempted to live out his fantasy, fending off the attentions of over-zealous fellow fans, crazed Italian spiritualists and his meddling best friend - not to mention the dozens of blazered officials and luminous-jacketed stewards standing between him and his hero.
Chasing Sachin was Adam Carroll-Smith's widely acclaimed literary debut, soon to be followed by Six Stickers, the story of how he finally completed a childhood football sticker album. Adam has worked as a national newspaper sports reporter and at a news agency, and continues as a freelance to cover a wide range of sports nationwide.
