How Not to be a Cricketer

Phil Tufnell

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781471194573
• eBook ISBN: 9781471194566

'Brilliant' Paul Newman, Daily Mail
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEARIn How Not to be a Cricketer, former England international and TV personality Phil Tufnell highlights the many potential pitfalls of a professional cricket career, and provides a hilarious insight into how to avoid them and what happens when, like him, you don't. I was the model cricketer – if anyone wanted to know how not to be one. My career included more ups and downs than the big dipper at Margate and more bumps than the dodgems next door. And yet somehow I climbed off the ride unblemished. I survived to walk away on my own terms. For someone who never quite fitted the mould, I was actually pretty good at not being a cricketer. In his superb new book, Phil Tufnell looks back over his life and career to provide brilliant advice and insights, often learned the hard way, from his own experiences as a cricketer. If you want to learn how to make a good first impression, maybe don't have your hair cut in a Mohican. And when, after a drunken night on an England Under-19 tour to Barbados, the players were told 'You cannot be caught coming in at a ridiculous hour and still be drunk in the morning' most took his wise words on board; Tuffers vowed not to get caught. Packed with brilliant stories and revealing anecdotes about some of the great players of his time, such as Mike Atherton, Mike Gatting, Graham Gooch and Nasser Hussain, How Not to be a Cricketer is the perfect read for anyone who wants to know more about the potential pitfalls of the game, and how to avoid them.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: How Not to Keep Your Head Down
• Chapter 2: How Not to Make a First Impression
• Chapter 3: How Not to Get Caught
• Chapter 4: How Not to Be a County Cricketer
• Chapter 5: How Not to Tour
• Chapter 6: How Not to Die
• Chapter 7: How Not to Impress the Leader
• Chapter 8: How Not to Achieve Physical Perfection
• Chapter 9: How Not to Play for England
• Chapter 10: How Not to Be Suffocated
• Chapter 11: How Not to Stay Sane
• Chapter 12: How Not to Be Perfect
• Chapter 13: How Not to Be a Batsman
• Chapter 14: How Not to Be the World’s Best Bowler
• Chapter 15: How Not to Give Up
• Chapter 16: How Not to Be a Fielder
• Chapter 17: How Not to Make Friends
• Chapter 18: How Not to Be a Captain
• Chapter 19: How Not to Be a Celebrity
• Chapter 20: How Not to Ruin
• Conclusion
• Copyright