Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack

Fiction for young readers about Toby Jones and his friends who are all mad about cricket. On a school excursion to the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Toby meets Jim Oldfield, the old caretaker at the MCG library. Jim discovers Toby has 'the gift' to travel back to past cricket games through a magic almanack. Toby and his friends relive the excitement of past games, but soon find that time travel can be extremely dangerous. Foreword by Australian cricketer Brett Lee. Includes illustrations, commentary on the 1999 World Cup, interviews, scorecards, draws, statistics and glossary. Panckridge has previously written the Legends series for children.Panckridge, Michael is the author of 'Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack', published 2003 under ISBN 9780207199820 and ISBN 0207199825.