by Brett Lee
Acknowledgments to Book 3
Thanks to Robert McVicker Burmeister for his involvement with the cover. To Neil Maxwell, Dominic Thornley and Matt Easy at Insite/ITM for their cooperation. To John Wisden & Co. Ltd for their kind assistance, and for the wealth of information contained in the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks. To Peter Young at Cricket Australia for his support and suggestions. To David Studham at the MCC Library for his outstanding research and interest in the project. To the wonderful and supportive editors at HarperCollins, particularly Lisa Berryman and Liana Spoke in Melbourne, and especially Catherine Day in Sydney whose talent, professionalism and enthusiasm for the editing task has made this book so much better.
About the Author
MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE has worked as a teacher for more than 15 years. He has been a lifelong fan of all sports, especially cricket. Michael has both played and coached cricket but, having lost the cricket ball that the family pet Oscar recently buried, has decided to concentrate on his batting—if only he can find his bat!
Visit Michael’s website at www.michaelpanckridge.com.au
BRETT LEE grew up in Wollongong, New South Wales, and is the younger brother of former international cricketing all-rounder Shane Lee. Brett made his first-class cricketing debut in 1995 and his Australian debut against India in 1999/2000. He is one of the country’s fastest ever bowlers, regularly clocking speeds of over 150 kilometres per hour.
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ALSO BY MICHAEL PANCKRIDGE
Toby Jones and the Timeless Cricket Match
(with Brett Lee)
Toby Jones and the Clash with Father Time
(with Brett Lee)
Shielding the Truth (League of Legends, Book 1)
(with Laurie Daley)
Live Action (League of Legends, Book 2)
(with Laurie Daley)
Faster than Lightning
(with Pam Harvey)
In the Deep End
(with Pam Harvey)
Ghost of a Chance
(with Pam Harvey)
Copyright
All references to Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack are by kind permission of John Wisden & Co. Ltd.
Angus&Robertson
An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, Australia
Hat Trick! was originally published in Australia by HarperCollins as three separate books (books one to three in the Toby Jones series):
Toby Jones and the Magic Cricket Almanack in 2003
Toby Jones and the Secret of the Missing Scorecard in 2004
Toby Jones and the Mystery of the Time-travel Tour in 2005
This combined edition was first published in Australia in 2008
This edition published in 2010
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Story copyright © Michael Panckridge 2003, 2004, 2005
Additional cricket material © Binga Pty Ltd 2003, 2004, 2005
The right of Michael Panckridge and Brett Lee to be identified as the authors of this work has been asserted by them in accordance with the Copyright Amendment (Moral Rights) Act 2000.
This work is copyright. Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968, no part may be reproduced, copied, scanned, stored in a retrieval system, recorded, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication data:
Panckridge, Michael, 1962–.
Hat trick / Michael Panckridge with Brett Lee.
ISBN 978 0 7322 8837 2 (pbk.).
ISBN 978 0 7304 4386 5 (epub)
For primary school age.
Cricket–Juvenile fiction.
Panckridge, Michael, 1962– Toby Jones and the magic cricket almanack
Panckridge, Michael, 1962– Toby Jones and the secret of the missing scorecard
Panckridge, Michael, 1962– Toby Jones and the mystery of the time-travel tour
Lee, Brett.
A823.4
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