Angus Bell

This is an amusing and often outrageous account of Angus Bell's travels across Eastern Europe in a quest to play cricket in the unlikeliest of locales. His ultimate goals: to score a century against an international side (he's counting on his last match against Poland after discovering everyone, even a village team from Lithuania have beaten Poland!) and to hit a six from Europe into Asia (which is how he ends up dodging the Turkish police on a bridge across the Bosphorous for just long enough to club a ball bowled by a terrified Pakistani businessman from the European side to the Asian side!)

Many of the anecdotes are hilarious, and some sound contrived (such as the fateful meeting with a psychic in Canada that initially sets Bell on his path). I suppose at least a passing acquaintance with cricket would be useful to get the most out of the book.… (más)