Hat Trick! (41 page)

Thanks to Robert McVicker Burmeister for his involvement with the cover. To Neil Maxwell and Dominic Thornley at Insite/ITM for their cooperation. To John Wisden & Co. Ltd for their kind assistance. To Jason Doherty, Peter Young and all at Cricket Australia for their support and suggestions. To David Studham at the MCC Library for his outstanding research and interest in the project. To Andrew Symonds for his interest and willingness to be involved. Affable, friendly and modest—just as I anticipated him to be. Colleague Mark Torpey for righting the odd cricket wrong. To the talented Melbourne editors Lisa Berryman and Liana Spoke, and Vanessa Radnidge in Sydney. Always friendly—always accurate! To John and Bill Panckridge for their constant interest and enthusiasm. To Bronte, Lizy and Jo—and my new studio!

Thanks to Robert McVicker Burmeister for his involvement with the cover. To Neil Maxwell, Dominic Thornley and Matt Easy at Insite/ITM for their cooperation. To John Wisden & Co. Ltd for their kind assistance, and for the wealth of information contained in the
Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack
s. To Peter Young at Cricket Australia for his support and suggestions. To David Studham at the MCC Library for his outstanding research and interest in the project. To the wonderful and supportive editors at HarperCollins, particularly Lisa Berryman and Liana Spoke in Melbourne, and especially Catherine Day in Sydney whose talent, professionalism and enthusiasm for the editing task has made this book so much better.

M
ICHAEL
P
ANCKRIDGE
has worked as a teacher for more than 15 years. He has been a lifelong fan of all sports, especially cricket. Michael has both played and coached cricket but, having lost the cricket ball that the family pet Oscar recently buried, has decided to concentrate on his batting—if only he can find his bat!

Visit Michael’s website at www.michaelpanckridge.com.au

B
RETT
L
EE
grew up in Wollongong, New South Wales, and is the younger brother of former international cricketing all-rounder Shane Lee. Brett made his first-class cricketing debut in 1995 and his Australian debut against India in 1999/2000. He is one of the country’s fastest ever bowlers, regularly clocking speeds of over 150 kilometres per hour.

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