AustLit

'The first in a series of time-slip books that take the reader back to famous cricket matches of the past. Toby Jones and his classmates go to the MCG archives on a school excursion and there they meet the old and wise caretaker at the library, Jim Oldfield. Jim is amazed when he realises that Toby has the gift – Toby can see numbers and words whirl on the pages of old Wisdens, which means that he has the potential to travel back in time to cricket matches. With Jim’s assistance Toby and some of his friends are transported back to past matches including the 1999 World Cup semi-final between Australia and South Africa in England. The game is described from the boys’ points of view and the novel contains three dimensions throughout: the exciting story of the famous cricket event; the characters’ own cricketing successes and failures; and the time travel dramas and dilemmas, including the developing relationship between the boys and Old Jim.' (Author's abstract)

'If you could travel back in time and see people and places from the past, would you go? Toby Jones lives and breathes cricket. He plays in a local cricket competition, follows the professional players and knows all the stats. But Toby has a secret he can travel back through time to watch famous cricket matches and players. And he can take his friends with him. But it’s not all good news …There are dang/product/toby-jones-secret-missing-scorecard/ers. Toby has seen the strange, hooded figure lurking in the background. What, or who, is this creepy character after? And how desperate is he to get what he wants?

'If you love fantasy or sport, you’ll love reading the Toby Jones books. With cricketing tips by Australian fast bowling legend, Brett Lee.' (Author's abstract)

'Toby Jones returns in another exciting story of time travel and cricket. Toby Jones is not your average cricket fan. It’s not his passion for the game that makes him unusual – it’s his ability to travel through time, back to the great matches of the past. When his friend and fellow time traveller Jim Oldfield is left behind – last seen watching Bradman play at Leeds in 1930 – Toby knows he’s the only one who can find Jim. Meanwhile, Phillip Smale, ruthless team manager of the rival Scorpions, is working on a secretive scheme to lure rich cricket-lovers to his Timeless Travel Tours… but there is no guarantee of a return ticket. Can Toby save Jim and also thwart Smale’s perilous plan? Or will the dangers of time travelling lead to disaster?' (Author's abstract)