Radio star

"G’Day" has been the first thing said to me on several mornings recently when I've been interviewed on Australian radio as part of the drive to promote the book.

The Australians all seemed very excited about Match of My Life - The Ashes, which is great.

The good news has continued today with my appearance in glorious colour on page 2 of the Fleet News, as well as the publication in the Wisden Cricketer of my interview with Ray Illingworth about the 1971/71 series.

Unfortunately, however, The Daily Mail have postponed publication of our serialisation until Monday. It's a bit irritating but there's nothing we can do about it and they've promised to do a good job.

Still, there will be extracts in The Guardian and The Times tomorrow (Saturday) and as many as 40 regional newspapers in the coming week or so.

The blog will be appearing at www.getreading.co.uk as well as here from Monday, November 20. They've asked me to present a few thoughts on the Ashes series and are very helpfully promoting the book in return.

I'm also going to be using some exclusive material gathered from interviews I've conducted in recent weeks, so it should make an interesting read.

Distribution-wise, Amazon are beginning to get their act together and you can now take a peep inside the book on the product page. They should actually start delivering copies soon.

By contrast, WH Smith have stocked the book from the outset, even in the Fleet branch.