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Jack iverson took up cricket in 1946, at 31, walking into a cricket club just to have a go. The story of jack iverson with russell jackson 1999 wisden cricketers almanack australia 19992000 2000 wisden cricketers almanack australia. Babb, a washington post writer who profiled allen iverson s troubled life after basketball in 20, extends his work into a sobering biography of the exnba superstar. The story of australias cricket captains 1997 the summer game.
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