Toby Jones and the Secret of the Missing Scorecard by Michael Panckridge

Author:Michael Panckridge [Michael Panckridge]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780730491330
Publisher: HarperCollins

13 Jim Returns

Monday—afternoon

MR Pasquali had set us a new project to work on. I had managed to link cricket in to mine even though it had been set during English. We had to write about an inspired event that influenced and changed the outcome of succeeding events. I made my choice at once. It was Andrew Symonds’ 146 not out in South Africa. Dad said that it set the course for Australia. They went on to win every match they played in the 2003 World Cup.

‘Did you try and ring Jim?’ Georgie whispered to me during class. I nodded. ‘And?’

‘He’s okay. I didn’t really have much time to talk.’ We both bent our heads low as Mr Pasquali walked past.

‘Did he travel?’

‘Nup.’

‘What about that other guy?’ she hissed. ‘Smale.’

‘I didn’t ask about him.’

‘Don’t blame you.’

‘Hey, I spoke to Mr Pasquali and he’s going to get Scott’s bat so we can all sign it.’

‘What do we want to do that for? Do you think he’d bother signing a bat if you made a hundred?’ Jay asked, overhearing our conversation.

‘Probably not, but Mr Pasquali reckons it’s a good idea. He’s asked him to bring it to school tomorrow. Made up some excuse.’

‘Fair enough,’ Rahul said, joining in. Mr Pasquali was now talking with someone at the front of the room. ‘It was a brilliant innings.’

We settled down to work on our assignments. I’d found a website with a ball-by-ball description of Andrew Symonds’ innings. I was going to present a summary of his innings and then put together some questions to ask him in an interview. All I had to do was find him. Rahul had managed to find Ray Bright and Dean Jones for his last assignment, and they’d played that tied Test match about 20 years ago. So it shouldn’t be too hard to track down Andrew Symonds.

Maybe I could arrange to meet him when the Aussies played in Melbourne. Maybe I’d get a free pass into the dressing room during a one-dayer. Maybe I’d get to chat to all of them.

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