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Jonty: Fruits of the Spirit by Edward Griffiths is a biography of South African cricketer Jonty Rhodes, who became one of the most recognisable faces of South African cricket during the 1990s and was widely praised as one of the world’s finest fielders. His career demonstrated that competitive sport did not have to come at the expense of sportsmanship, decency and respect for opponents.
The book follows Rhodes from his youth in Pietermaritzburg through his spectacular international debut at the 1992 World Cup and the career that followed. Against the increasingly commercial and fiercely competitive world of professional sport, Griffiths examines Rhodes’s approach to cricket and the values that shaped his remarkable career, from his enthusiasm for the game to his determination to play the ball rather than the man.
A good choice for readers interested in Jonty Rhodes, South African cricket, sports biographies and stories about sporting achievement, character and sportsmanship.
