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

by Simkins, Michael

• ISBN13: 9780091901516
• ISBN10: 0091901510
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-04-03
• Publisher: Ebury Press

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 Short	p. 5
No Ball	p. 9
Wide	p. 13
Pull	p. 17
Bye	p. 21
Cuts	p. 27
Stumped	p. 31
Stifled Appeal	p. 39
Shot	p. 47
Square Leg	p. 53
Long Leg	p. 59
Backward Point	p. 65
Off Drive	p. 75
Twelfth Man	p. 81
Overthrow	p. 85
Strutt	p. 89
Brace	p. 99
Lever	p. 105
Block	p. 111
Hoist	p. 115
Tackle	p. 121
A View From The Boundary
Quiet Studio	p. 129
Tape Running	p. 139
Live Feed Active	p. 147
That's A Wrap	p. 155
Harry	p. 165
Second Innings
W.G. Gracefullys	p. 173
Imperial War Museum	p. 177
Old Wokingham	p. 181
Henfield IIs	p. 187
Worthing Railways	p. 195
Buddhists of England	p. 203
Stonegate Mariners	p. 209
Farleigh Wallop	p. 215
The Orang-utans	p. 223
Wandsworth Cowboys	p. 231
New Delhi Gymkhana Presidents XI	p. 239
South Africa 'A'	p. 245
Nuthurst	p. 249
Rolvenden	p. 259
The Old Spring	p. 265
Burpham	p. 271
W.G. Gracefullys	p. 281
Twenty Overs In The Final Hour
Sackcloth	p. 291
Ashes	p. 303
Close of Play	p. 311
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