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1956
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Jim Laker
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Sexual Abuse
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Spin Twins
Surrey CCC
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The Ashes
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Tony Lock
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- ISBN 9781801500869
- Weight: 576g
- Dimensions: 160 x 240mm
- Publication Date: 18 Apr 2022
- Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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Laker and Lock is the first dual biography of Surrey and England 'spin twins' Jim Laker and Tony Lock, who helped their county and Test teams to an unparalleled run of dominance in the 1950s. Besides their peerless achievements on the field, the two men had little in common. Laker, the elder by seven years, was Yorkshire born, cool, phlegmatic, known to sulk, and not greatly enamoured with the class distinctions then inherent in English cricket and society as a whole. Lock, a southerner, was dynamic, ebullient, indefatigable both on and off the field, and tended to wear his heart on his sleeve, an attitude no less at odds with the prevailing social order. Both men courted controversy. Laker's post-retirement autobiography caused such a furore that he was made unwelcome at Lord's and the Oval for years afterwards. Lock suffered the stigma of being labelled a 'chucker' and ultimately moved to Australia, where his retirement was clouded by allegations of sexual abuse. This is the full story of the pair's uneasy partnership.
Christopher Sandford is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. He has written numerous books about music, film and sports stars, including a widely praised official biography of Imran Khan, as well as Union Jack, a best-selling account of John F. Kennedy's special relationship with Great Britain. His book The Final Innings was the joint winner of the Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award in 2020.
