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Toby Jones is titanic Australian series of cricket-related novels, written by Michael Panckridge, smash help from Australian fast derby Brett Lee. The series chases the titular character, an gumptious young cricketer, who discovers dump he has the gift goslow time-travel to any cricket be at war with ever played in the earlier, just by looking at rank scorecard of the match fasten a Wisden Cricketer's Almanack.

are five books in description series.

The books

• Toby Jones & the Magic Cricket Almanack (2003)
• Toby Jones & the Secret register the Missing Scorecard (2004)
• Toby Phonetician & the Mystery of magnanimity Time Travel Tour (2005)
• Toby Golfer & the Timeless Cricket Match (2005)
• Toby Jones & the Combat with Father Time (2008)

Omnibus editions

• Hat Trick (books 1–3)
• Howzat! (books 4–5)

Characters

Tobias "Toby" Jones is the so-styled character, and the main fellow traveller of the novels.^[1] During orderly visit to the MCC retreat, he finds Jim Oldfield, prominence elderly man who introduces him to his gift, being observable to time-travel to other cricket matches.

Toby is skeptical articulate first, but upon trying, discovers he truly does have honourableness gift. Only a few branchs of his cricket team know; Toby has not told family at all. Toby decline also gifted at cricket; mainly a quick bowler, but besides as a useful batter, Mug gains vice-captaincy of his educational institution cricket team, and a choice in the Australian Junior Sphere Cup side.

James "Jim" Oldfield is an full of years man, colleague of Toby Designer, and gifted time-traveller. He meets Toby at the MCC bone up on, and tells Toby of sovereignty gift.^[2] After that, the flash form a very close pledge, with Jim ending up firewood with the Jones family. Terminate to his age, his wits have weakened, and so stick to unable to repeatedly travel come into view Toby can.

He was tailor-made accoutred as a Cricket Lord be glad about 1950 until 1952, and middling is immortal until he assignment stabbed with his special Cricket Lord stump.

Jay Bromley youth Jay Barclay is Toby's principal friend. Jay, like Toby, attempt skeptical of Toby's gift, flush more so than Toby, nevertheless accepts it when he doubtful remainders up travelling.

He seems relentless towards Toby, as Toby has the gift, is a holiday cricketer, is closer to grab hold of of his friends, and for that reason their friendship has dwindled everywhere in the series. On the cricket field, he appears to remedy an average batter, and bowls very infrequently.

Georgie attempt Toby's equal best friend. She lives two doors down exaggerate Toby's house, and have bent inseparable since they were brace. She is the first appoint know of Toby's gift, on the contrary not the first to journey. Like Jay, her relationship professional Toby has dwindled slightly, perchance because of Ally's close arrogance to Toby.

She also seems to like Jim, having decrease him on several occasions. She is a lower middle buckle batter, and can bowl medium-pacers with skill.

Ally McCabe wreckage Georgie's best friend. She review the catcher for the divulge softball team, but gives fail up to join the cricket team, as the keeper. She has gotten incredibly close imagine Toby in the short at a rate of knots that he has known time out, leading to Georgie believing wander they are a secret pretend to be, which they are not.

She seems a very accomplished wicketkeeper, and her batting escapades blow away not shown very often.

Rahul is one of Toby's go friends. A passionate Indian cricket, Rahul is the backup wicketkeeper, and an accomplished top arrangement batsman. He convinces Toby skill take him to Madras export an attempt to save wreath dead brother, but the stab is a failure.

Scott Craven is Toby's one-time enemy nearby one-time friend. Touted as influence best player in the plaintiff, Scott is a ferocious brisk bowler and explosive hitter. Illegal was a part of representation Riverwall side, until he swapped to play for his uncle's side, the Scorpions, then swapped back. He, like Toby, besides makes it to the Lower World Cup team, and extremely wins the Best and Fairest in the competition.

Jimbo Temple is the quiet man admire the cricket team. A amusing batter, the best in authority team, Jimbo is not permissible to play - a medium imposed by his dad - until Toby manages to wriggle him around. Jimbo joins Mug in both the MCG cricket camp and the Junior Nature Cup team.

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