The Glory Gardens cricket team return for their ninth adventure, this time travelling to Australia to play in their own Ashes contest.
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Bob Cattell
Kirjat ja teokset yhdessä paikassa: 12 kirjaa, julkaisuja vuosilta 1995-2016, suosituimpien joukossa Strikers: World Cup. Vertaile teosten hintoja ja tarkista saatavuus suomalaisista kirjakaupoista.
12 kirjaa
Kirjojen julkaisuhaarukka 1995-2016.
Eleven cricket-themed short stories, each set in a different country.
England hosts the World Cup finals - and Sherwood Strikers provide the home squad with five players, including midfielder Thomas Headley. But the national coach is under a cloud, the team is no happy family and the opposition is the world's best. They say that England likes to win through from an underdog position - but can it really be done?
No one takes much notice of Ohbert Bennett when he creates a Glory Gardens website, but Ohbert has a mission - to make Glory Gardens the most famous junior club in the world. With the series tied two - two, the final game at Trent Bridge attracts huge crowds and the big question on everyone's lips is - will the Glory Gardens XI win Ohbert's Ashes?
When the Glory Gardens team discover that their ground has been sold to build a new hotel they decide to return to their roots and play the season's league games on Glory Gardens recreation ground.
The under 15s League competitionis under way and Hooker and Co enter into the fray with typical Glory Gardens' gusto. And have Glory Gardens CC REALLY got what it takes to be the best - not just throughout the regional trials - but at.
The team's on tour and anything that can go wrong. Bob Cattell's cricketing capers are enough to keep any fan happy for\hours - even OUT of season! But with the cricket hard and fast, true West Indian-style, the red-hot heat AND certain members of the team treating it as a non-stop food fest.
With a visit from a South African Under-13 team, and a team from Griffiths Hall School, Barbados in the area, Glory Gardens CC decides to organize its own World Cup Tournament. Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English Schools Cricket Association.
Glory Gardens CC are determined to win the U13 league, but who should be in this year's team? Tempers fray and Hooker is driven to consider one final solution that looks like suicide! Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English Schools Cricket Association.
Glory Gardens Cricket XI are now in the North Country U13 League and pressure mounts on Hooker, the captain. But apart from all the usual problems there is a determination to win. Featuring score sheets and action diagrams, this series is recommended by the English Schools Cricket Association.
Hooker, Azzie, Erica and the rest all play cricket in their spare time, but they've never taken it very seriously until now. Kiddo, one of their school teachers, suggests they form an official team and play proper matches - and Glory Gardens C.C. is formed. Hooker, as captain, soon finds out that cricket teams weren't built in a day: some players squabble, some can't catch, and some have tantrums and go home at half-time! So will Glory Gardens go all out for victory . . . or will they be out for a duck?
Twelve cricket-themed short stories, each set in a different country.