For immediate release… For immediate release… For immediate release…
Warwick Todd re-called in time for
The Ashes
Australian cricket legend Warwick Todd today announced that he will be
joining the Aussies in England as we battle it out for the game’s oldest prize.
When Todd retired from the game in 1996 many felt that would be the end.
After playing 143 Tests, making over 9000 first class runs and notching up
almost $1.3 million in match fines, it was time to draw stumps. But then came
the news of a re-call…
“To be honest, when I was asked to re-join the Aussies in England I had
conflicting emotions. Naturally, there was pride at the thought of once
again pulling on the baggy green cap. Followed by frustration – why the
hell had I agreed to sell it on eBay?” Warwick Todd
Shortly after his shock re-call, Todd also announced his intention to release a
tell-all memoir, his first book in more than a decade. Warwick Todd: Up In
the Blockhole,
published in November this year by Hardie Grant Books,
looks back at an extraordinary career. As Todd said in his statement:
“How do you sum up a 20 year career in just a few hundred pages? The
answer is, you can’t, and it’s ridiculous to try except for the fact you’ve
signed a publishing deal and already spent most of the advance, so here
goes…”
Honest yet forthright, reflective but passionate,
Up In the Blockhole is a lot
like Warwick himself; honest, earthy, revealing and bound together with
staples. In addition to Warwick’s thoughts on the modern game, it will also
contain his diary of the 2009 Ashes tour of England, featuring day-by-day
descriptions of team activities in excruciating detail.
Up In the Blockhole. As told to Damien Todd, who forgot most of it. And Tom
Gleisner, who didn’t.
Warwick Todd: Up in the Blockhole
is published in November by Hardie Grant Books.
For further information please contact Jenny Macmillan on
jennymacmillan@hardiegrant.com.au or 03 8520 6444.
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