LIVING THE DREAM

Potted excerpts from KEN PIESSE’S autobiography featuring his 60 years in cricket and football

SUSAN AND I were flying into Bridgetown, Barbados, the Caribbean’s cricketing Citadel. It was a full plane and we were among the last off. Having identified our bags, including a large cricket kit on wheels, we were about to join a queue which was already almost 100 yards long. “You with the cricket sar?” boomed a security officer. “Sure am,” I said. In an instant a side gate was opened and we were ushered through, totally bypassing customs. Welcome to the West Indies!’ ‘LILLEE’S BACK INJURY was one suffered by gymnasts, trapeze and trampoline artists. His run-up was wild and woolly and he subjected his body to incredible stress in his desire to be the fastest man alive.’ ‘THE PIESSE FAMILY has always flowed with writers, scholars, lawyers and larrikins. My great-grandfather…

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