R80.00
Unique traveler’s tale
In stock
345 Pages, Paperback. 23.5×15.5×2.5cm
On the advice of a Canadian psychic, Scotsman Angus Bell sets off in a Skoda to uncover a cricketing world across Central and Eastern Europe.
From tournaments on ice in Estonia to university leagues in the crumbling Crimea; from a Croatian military island to Communist Belarus, Slavs are playing the Englishman’s game. With fingerless ‘Tamil Tigers’ in Prague, a bomb plotter in the Austrian Alps, mafiosos and an MI6 agent making the team-sheets, 24-year-old Angus soon discovers the shadowy side of Slavic cricket.
He becomes the first man to hit a ball between continents, and ends up captain of an international team. Between games, he is pursued by KGB and seeks emergency treatment from a Romanian dentist. His passengers include a Guatemalan anarchist, a Ukrainian chicken, and an Irish tobacco farmer.
Batting in the Baltic is a unique traveler’s tale, taking the reader 8,000 miles through Turkish drug busts, border bribes and Sarajevo graveyards. It redefines the spirit of cricket, and will make the game’s most sworn enemy a fan.
![Burnt Vanilla : A Paddle to and a journey Through Madagascar by -David Grier[SIGNED]](https://curiositycove.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/20250821_151814-191x143.jpg)
We’ve all had that feeling: the memory of a beloved childhood book, a title mentioned in passing that you can’t get out of your head, or an out-of-print gem that seems to have vanished completely.
The search for a specific book can feel like a quest, and we want to be your trusted guide.
The Curiosity Cove is our special book-sourcing service, born from a passion for connecting readers with the exact stories they seek. If there’s a book your heart is set on but you can’t find it in our collection, don’t give up. Let us join the hunt
49 Buitekant Street
Hermanus
Western Cape
South Africa
7002
