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9780091901516

Fatty Batter How Cricket Saved My Life (And Then Ruined It)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780091901516

  • ISBN10:

    0091901510

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2008-04-03
  • Publisher: Ebury Press
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Summary

The hilarious story of one man's cricket obsession: from his earliest days as a fat boy growing up in a Brighton sweetshop to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates, cricket has offered shelter from life's irksome realities.

Author Biography

Michael Simkins is an actor.

Table of Contents

First Innings
One Shortp. 5
No Ballp. 9
Widep. 13
Pullp. 17
Byep. 21
Cutsp. 27
Stumpedp. 31
Stifled Appealp. 39
Shotp. 47
Square Legp. 53
Long Legp. 59
Backward Pointp. 65
Off Drivep. 75
Twelfth Manp. 81
Overthrowp. 85
Struttp. 89
Bracep. 99
Leverp. 105
Blockp. 111
Hoistp. 115
Tacklep. 121
A View From The Boundary
Quiet Studiop. 129
Tape Runningp. 139
Live Feed Activep. 147
That's A Wrapp. 155
Harryp. 165
Second Innings
W.G. Gracefullysp. 173
Imperial War Museump. 177
Old Wokinghamp. 181
Henfield IIsp. 187
Worthing Railwaysp. 195
Buddhists of Englandp. 203
Stonegate Marinersp. 209
Farleigh Wallopp. 215
The Orang-utansp. 223
Wandsworth Cowboysp. 231
New Delhi Gymkhana Presidents XIp. 239
South Africa 'A'p. 245
Nuthurstp. 249
Rolvendenp. 259
The Old Springp. 265
Burphamp. 271
W.G. Gracefullysp. 281
Twenty Overs In The Final Hour
Sackclothp. 291
Ashesp. 303
Close of Playp. 311
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