Howzat! It's the word that can be heard shouted from the field in the middle of a professional cricket match, and across the suburbs as backyard cricket matches are played in summer. For the sports-mad cricketer in your family, here are some books to get them reading when they're not batting, bowling or fielding.
Aussies vs England:
Game On! (Mighty Mitch #1) By Mitchell Starc, Scholastic Australia,
$9.99, 9781742763194
The Big Switch (The
Kaboom Kid #1) by David Warner with JV McGee and illustrated by Jules Faber, Simon & Schuster Australia,
$14.99, 9781925030785 (Read our
review)
Boomerang and Bat:
The Story of the Real First Eleven by Mark Greenwood and illustrated
by Terry Denton, Allen & Unwin, $29.99, 9781743319246 (Read our
review)
Switch Hit Showdown
(Big Bash League #1) by Michael Panckridge, Random House Australia,
$14.99, 9780143782193
Against the Spin
(The Legend Series) by Michael Panckridge, Ford Street Publishing,
$14.95, 9781925272499
Lucky Break (Glenn
Maxwell Series #1) by Glenn Maxwell and Patrick Loughlin, Random
House Australia, $14.99, 9780857986078
Cricket (Sporty
Kids) by Felice Arena and illustrated by Tom Jellett, Penguin Books
Australia, $9.99, 9780143309093
Pocket Rocket
(Elysse Perry) by Sherryl Clark with Ellyse Perry, Random House
Australia, $14.99, 9780143781240
Meet Don Bradman
(Meet series) by Coral Vass and illustrated by Brad Howe, Random House Australia, $16.99,
9781925324907 (Read our
review)
Maximum Maxx! (Maxx
Rumble Cricket) by Michael Wagner and illustrated by Terry Denton,
Walker Books Australia, $24.99, 9781922077806
The Interghouls
Cricket Cup (Horror High #2) by Paul Stafford, Random House
Australia, $14.99, 9781741660456
Diary of a Cricket
God (Diary of a series) by Shamini Flint and illustrated by Sally
Heinrich, Allen & Unwin, $9.99, 9781742378268
Grug Plays Cricket
(Grug) by Ted Prior, Simon & Schuster Australia, $5.99,
9780731814039
