Wow! That didn't take long
Sad to note the demise of Peter Roebuck who always seemed to me to have a unique place in cricket history as well as a unique personality. I found that I'd not read his famous 'It never Rains' said to be one of the top ten books in cricket history, so had a look online for a copy. All I could find was a hardback at Amazon for £75.62 and a paperback at £59.95 !
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Fellow burbler Mark Groves sorted me out very quickly with an e-mail pointing me at www.cricketbooks.co.uk where I got a copy for £10.The confusingly similar www.cricketbooks.com didn't have a copy but also looked a good site.
Actually my point wasn't so much a complaint about profiteering but a comment on the marketability of dead people.
It also prompted me to look at the figures for 1986 when Somerset released Richards and Garner and left Roebuck to pick up the flack. In that year Garner was top of their bowlers with 47 at 23.21 and Richards got 1,174 at 43.48. Interestingly he was only fifth in their list with Roebuck at the top. Could you name the second, third and fourth in the list without looking it up ?
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