WHAT Did You Say Stopped Play?: 25 Years of the Wisden Chronicle

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by  Matthew Engel

WHATD IDY OUS AY
STOPPPELDA Y?
25Y EAROSFT HE
WISDECNH RONICLE
WISDEN
EDITED BY
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CONTENTS
1
Introduction
Notteor ead·e rs 7
1 Ageless 9
2 Animmaalt ters 14
Applioafsn cciee nce
3 20
4
..A n;dm agic 26
..A.n dm aybseo metihnbi entg ween 27
5
6 AtL ord's 28
7 Bannaendcd a np'ltao yn
32
8 Bingu mbers 35
38
9 Bowlers
Boywsi blelb oys
10 43
11D ecisdieocniss,i ons 45
12D ope 48
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Embarrassment
13 so
..A.n dafe ww eelkast er
14 55
15. .B.ua tl bla tdh icnogmste oa ne nd 56
Enthusiastic
16 57
..N.o etn thusiastic
17 67
Faceboaonktdew rist s
18 71
Faknee ws
19 74
Famonuasm es
20 76
..N.o fta moeunso ugh
21 81
Goda mong men
22 83
..A.n dafe wu nbelievers
23 88
24G onmei ssing 89
Happhyi tters
25 92
..N.o sto h appy
26 95
Hero(iscesr iously)
27 98
Kiatn cda boodle
28 100
Lonhga uls
29 103
Lositnt ranslation
30 106
Marcholntn hge sitro machs
31 108
Meno fG od 111
32
CONTENTS vii
33M isfortunes
113
34. .O.rm aynboet
118
Murdaenrmd a yhem
35 120
Neighbours
36 126
37N ostalgia
130
Politics
38 132
Prodigies
39 137
40. .O.rm aynboet
143
41. .A.n tdo moa noyf them
144
42P rotests
145
43R eiogftn e rror
147
Relativity
44 150
Slodwa ys
45 156
46S manlulm bers
157
47S piorfci rti cket
161
48T imcehsa n(eg xec wehpettn h deoyn 't)
164
49T ragedy
170
Tur-f
so 174
Umpires
51 176
52U nsayable
179
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53V irtually impossible 181
54W ec adnoa nything 185
55W elfile lded! 186
56W HATd iydo sua syt opppleady ? 187
57. .A.nw dh adti dn't 199
58W herewvheern,e ver 201
59W innearnsld o sers 206
60P reqfruoemtl h:Se p ortAslpmaaBneasc 208
INTRODUCTION
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