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This Friday, 15th July, England-Pakistan at Lord’s. Legendary umpire John Holder and biographer Andrew Murtagh will be signing copies of Test of Character and chatting to fans in the lunch interval in the first Investec Test Match.
Greatly respected and hugely liked as a player and official throughout cricket, Barbados-born Holder “has done more for race relations than Nelson Mandela,” writes his old friend and former teammate Murtagh. A slight exaggeration, perhaps, but not far off the truth.
At Lord’s book signings take place at the dedicated booth outside the Main Lord's Shop situated by the East Gate of the ground. The timings for lunch interval sessions are 12:45pm – 2:00pm.
Test of Character shines a light on the job of an international umpire, with all its pressures, vicissitudes, controversies and prejudices – leavened of course with a fair degree of humour:
Click here for more information, or to read a sample from Test Of Character.