Writing Howzaaaat! fulfilled my true destiny.
Writing the sequel is my moral obligation.
The author.
Howzaaaaat! II (the sequel)
This is the story of two boys of vastly differing cultures and the friendship they forge in their quests for identity.
When teenager Ravi Balakrishnan is selected to play in an inter-schools tournament to be held in Australia’s Top End, his aim of becoming an International cricketer is complicated by whom to represent: India the country of his birth, England the country where he grew up or Australia, his sometimes racially intolerant new home. Moreover, with the dawn of IPL cricket and its potential riches, Ravi is also uncertain if he can remain true to his first love: that of traditional test cricket.
New friend Billi has his own identity issues, flatly rejecting his Aboriginal culture that he is embarrassed by, one at odds with the culture he wishes to embrace, one he is woefully ill-equipped for. Billi is also a fine cricketer but a highly unusual one: he is neither a batsman nor a bowler but a fieldsman, one so extraordinary he warrants selection for this one skill alone!
...and this is where our story really begins.