My Song Shall Be Cricket by Franklyn Stephenson with Dave Bracegirdle

231 in stock

241mm x 165mm x 27mm

Pages: 288

One of crickets great characters, Franklyn Stephenson was branded a rebel for touring in apartheid South Africa with a West Indian XI.
As a black sportsman, he knew his actions went against the wishes of the authorities and that there would be consequences, yet he overcame the character slurs and subsequent bans from both his beloved Barbados and the West Indian Test selectors.
Recognised as the first fast bowler to develop a cunning slower ball, Stephenson became one of the worlds top all-rounders.
The beaming Barbadian achieved cricketing immortality in 1988 by completing the domestic Double of scoring 1,000 runs and taking 100 wickets during an English summer - a feat that is unlikely to be repeated.
Read about encounters, on and off the field, with household names such as Viv Richards, Andy Roberts, Clive Lloyd and Desmond Haynes - and a lifelong friendship with Sir Garfield Sobers.
From a childhood full of dramatic life experiences to the heights of one-day finals at Lords, here is the story of an amiable cricketing giant.