Hurricane Hamish - The Calypso Cricketer; Hurricane Hamish - The Cricket World Cup
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This issue’s cover is from J K Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the third book in what is already a classic new series. The first two titles were Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Thanks to Bloomsbury Children’s Books for their help. Cover image based on original artwork by Cliff Wright
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Hurricane Hamish - The Calypso Cricketer
Hurricane Hamish - The Cricket World Cup
By the age of 12 Hamish is the tallest person in Jamaica and bowls like the wind. Popular opinion demands that he be included in the Test team to play England but there is much skulduggery afoot involving a crooked captain tied up with some villains in a match-fixing betting coup. The Windies go 2-0 down before the nasty captain is ousted. Hamish takes his rightful place in the side and (naturally) bowls them to a 3-2 series victory – and, for good measure, scores the winning run in the decisive game with his first ever run in any form of cricket. With complete score-cards for every Test and series averages this is rollicking good fun for cricket-mad 10-12 year olds.
The sequel sees Hamish in England where the wet grounds after a soggy April (shades of 1999) cause him no end of problems as he insists on bowling barefoot. More villains have to be defeated and once again Hamish comes good with the help of his secret female admirer.
Jefferson certainly knows his cricket (we even get introductory quotes from C.L.R. James for the cognoscenti) but who chose the dreadful cover illustrations?
