Ebook: Thommo Speaks Out: the Authorised Biography of Jeff Thomson

Cover page; title page; copyright page; contents; 1 in the fast lane; 2 the bankstown boy; 3 goodbye quavers and crotchets; 4 a test of mettle; 5 cyclone jeffrey; 6 amazing pace; 7 new test hero; 8 elephant riders down on their luck; 9 thommo is a knock-out; 10 jonah adelaide; 11 1977: england tour in tatters; 12 miracle on beulah road; 13 back with mates; 14 'i was the scapegoat'; 15 thommo's many talents; 16 'someone is looking after me . . .'; notes; acknowledgements.;Thommo was feared by batsmen all around the world. Sri Lankan Sunil Wettimuny recalls facing one of Thommo's balls: ""Never before or since that day did I know fear on the cricket field."" Mike Brearley, the Middlesex captain who led England during the World Series Cricket incursion, said of Thommo: ""Broken marriages, conflicts of loyalty, the problems of everyday life fall away as one faces up to Thomson."" This is Jeff Thomson's story, from the cricket fields of his Sydney schoolboy days to the international matches and beyond, as told to Ashley Mallet by Thommo, his former team mates.