After some time The Wisden Cricketer has decided to mention my first book on their pages.
Not sure why, but I thank them anyway.
I notice they don’t review it, perhaps they were unsure what mark to give such a seminal piece of literature knowing that years later it could embarrass them.
Richard over at Sportsreview has received a copy of my book and has written a review of it.
If you can’t be bothered clicking the link, here is some.
“JRod’s blog combines a very Australian ear for a dirty joke, Lester Bangs’ passion, Peter Cook’s refusal to suffer fools and Richie Benaud’s love and respect for the game. You laugh a lot reading this 2008 Disrespective, but often feel like you could use a shower and vigorous scrub afterwards.”
The best fan group in world cricket, the beige brigade, recently received a copy of my book, and they spent a bit of time talking about it on their podcast.
The whole podcast is a pretty good affair, they bag Michael Bingle, Mark Vermeulen, Danny Morrison, and talk about how stupid it is to compare the sexy cult leader Jesse Ryder to the boring as fuck Marcus Trescothick.
Be beige.
This is just the bits about me.
1. Every book you buy is a slap in the face of Ricky, Lalit, Sourav, and South Africans.
2. Sehwag commands you.
3. Where else are you going to get a book with Jacques Kallis having sex and a complete list of world cricket blogs.
4. If I don’t sell many copies I will have to get a real journalist type job and write for cricinfo.
5. I have a list for all the people who have told me they have bought it, but haven’t, and I’ll be coming around your house with a machete.
6. You’d buy me a beer if you met me, so buy my book.
7. Dirty Dirk & Nice Bryce’s literary debut.
8. If my book fails, I’ll be so broke I’ll have to start ghost writing for Tony Grieg.
9. Being successful will take me one step closer to Natalie Portman.
10. To stop me talking about it.
At the moment I don’t have audio copy of my first ever radio interview, luckily Q was listening, and keeping notes. To read his full recap, you can go here, but here is a taste.
“Jrod started off the interview in the way he knows best, by bagging the Aussies. “Yeah its a big thing for an Australian to write a book”, was his opening line.
Picking what to include was easy according to Jrod, “just put in what included a bit of sex, some swearing, what was funny…”
The presenters pitched in with “Jesse Ryder drinking”.
Coming back to the website, Jrod praised the cricket loving Indians and how they started coming to his website, which gradually resulted in a lot of people hearing about it.
The presenters wondered if it was the India vs Australia series in Dec 2007 that raised the popularity of his site, since Jrod gave the unique perspective of bagging both sides.
Religion came up next, as the presenters asked Jrod what Sehwagology was.
Jrod confessed that he had no idea how to explain how Sehwag batted, hence it had to be something to do with what he believes in, which is Sehwagology.
He also explained the way Sehwag would ask a girl out. By doing just that – asking her out. Going up to her and asking her directly without any fuss.
They then moved to the upcoming Ashes and asked Jrod what his expectations were regarding the series.
Jrod was at his best here saying that he wanted a good series, where a lot of stuff happens, and people get real angry.
“You don’t want a series like the England-West Indies series to report on, I would slit my wrists if I was asked to report on that!”, he claimed.
There was a dig at Daniel Vettori’s shitty captaincy as well before Jrod went off air, which the New Zealand presenters enjoyed a lot.”
Thank you Q, you are truly a mad bastard for writing notes.
I think he got it pretty spot on, but to be fair, I have no real memory of the interview, I was in a Zen like trance of piss taking.
Oh and Q finishes with this,
“The interview ended with a little promotion of Cricket with Balls, and the latest cricket book in town written by Jrod.
Have you bought your copy yet?
For the Australians, its here.
You know you want to read it.”
Oh yes.
Fear not you Australians who thought the book was never going to arrive on the big brown baggy land, it has arrived.
True story.
Right here in fact.
Buy it, you know you want to.
Buy as many copies as you can, and build little teepees out of them.
All the dirty details are in there, buy the book and gorge yourself on the balls.
And for you sickos, there are autographed copies available as well.
I cater for all tastes.
True story.
We now have a book out.
Yes, it is weird.
So that I can shamelessly promote the book all week I have decided to run a competition
I’m good that way.
If you want to go into the running to win one of three signed copies of the book, email me at cwb@cricketwithballs.com with two hundred words or less on, “how cricket with balls is ruining cricket”.
Winners will be judged by me.
If you just wanna buy the book (and you’re not in Australia) , you can just click on the big ass buy this book thing and buy it.
If you are in Australia, and you wanna buy the book, you have to wait, it’s a boring ass thing to do with postage, but the book will be available within two weeks, I promise.
For all the info on the book, go here.
Some people have already said nice things about me, and the book (even if they haven’t read it yet).
Bless their jocks.
But you should buy it, several copies actually.
True story.
Have you bought it yet?
Please buy it, think of how unhappy any potential children of mine will be if you don’t buy it.
