{"product_id":"bedtime-tales-for-cricket-tragics-22-story-time-tales-from-hit-podcast-the-final-word-9781923419049","title":"Bedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics: 22 Story Time tales from hit podcast The Final Word","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo sport does storytelling like cricket – a game as full of heroes, villains, politics, and drama as any Shakespearean play.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd few have explored those stories as far and wide as Adam Collins and Geoff Lemon. Over hundreds of episodes of Story Time, the history spin-off to beloved podcast The Final Word, they have followed their listeners’ clues to track down the wildest characters, matches, and situations the pitch has seen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBedtime Tales for Cricket Tragics\u003c\/i\u003e brings together the stories they enjoyed telling most, from the 1879 riot in Sydney sparked by an umpire’s call, the all-rounder who tried to rob the Catholic Church, the biggest defeat in history, and much more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781923419049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 25 Nov 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Affirm Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: Mulgrave, Australia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 21.6(H)x13.5(L)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Collins is an award-winning cricket commentator and writer, having previously worked in Australian federal politics advising a Prime Minister and a Treasurer. Forever a Melbourne sports nut but now living in London, he follows cricket and footy first, but plenty more besides. He was named the Christopher Martin-Jenkins Broadcaster of the Year, and has covered international cricket on radio and television around the world for a decade. In 2024, he co-authored Glenn Maxwell’s autobiography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeoff Lemon founded pirate commentary \u003cbr\u003estation \u003ci\u003eWhite Line Wireless\u003c\/i\u003e, graduated to ABC and BBC \u003cbr\u003eball-by-ball around the world, and has spent the last dozen \u003cbr\u003eyears as the principal cricket writer for \u003ci\u003eGuardian Australia\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eHis book \u003ci\u003eSteve Smith’s Men\u003c\/i\u003e, on the Cape Town sandpaper \u003cbr\u003escandal, won multiple awards. Outside cricket, he was the \u003cbr\u003elongtime editor of literary anthology \u003ci\u003eGoing Down Swinging\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eand director of the National Young Writers Festival. He has \u003cbr\u003epublished books of poetry and essays, and still writes on \u003cbr\u003epolitics, literature, and music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Geoff Lemon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48781310394585,"sku":"9781923419049","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/61De3WR_I4L._SL1500_c8faac25-df77-463b-b303-3d93aee1420b.jpg?v=1780588908","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/bedtime-tales-for-cricket-tragics-22-story-time-tales-from-hit-podcast-the-final-word-9781923419049","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}