Cricket, My Brother and Me
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Cricket, My Brother and Me

Fifty Years Watching English

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eBook - ePub

Cricket, My Brother and Me

Fifty Years Watching English

About this book

As a toddler, Geoff plays a straight bat with a frying pan, knocking his brother unconscious. They both survive and go on to share an obsession with cricket. From playing as kids in oversized pads, they become recreational cricketers and devotees of England and Notts. Cricket, My Brother and Me is rich in humorous anecdotes and personal memories of 50 eventful years playing and watching cricket. Accounts of early life as cricketers see the brothers trying to emulate their heroes and failing miserably, finally settling for the role of spectator. Memories include the torture and the glory of watching the Ashes, touring abroad and the more sedate joys of county cricket. The book describes the brothers' fraught first encounter with the Barmy Army and later touring as part of the world's greatest supporters' club. Ardent fans will enjoy the serious reflections on cricket and politics and thoughts on the future of the sport. This is a 'must read' for cricket lovers and for those intrigued as to why cricket can inflame such passion.

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Information

Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Year
2022
eBook ISBN
9781801502764
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements
  6. Photographic Acknowledgements
  7. 1. Down and Out, Down Under
  8. 2. My Brother and Me
  9. 3. Growing Up With Cricket
  10. 4. Back in the Saddle
  11. 5. Playing Cricket: Our Rise to the Bottom
  12. 6. Our First Test Match
  13. 7. Watching the Ashes
  14. 8. The Burger Moment and Other Cricketing Anecdotes
  15. 9. In No Particular Order
  16. 10. Pakistan Spot Fixing Scandal
  17. 11. Cricket and Politics
  18. 12. The Innings of a Batting Genius
  19. 13. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club and Us
  20. 14. The Moon Under Water
  21. 15. Cricket, Sri Lanka and Me
  22. 16. Our World Cup Year
  23. 17. The Barmy Army, My Brother and Me
  24. 18. Barmy in South Africa
  25. 19. The Laws of an Eccentric Game and the Spirit of Cricket
  26. 20. Are All Wicketkeepers Nuts?
  27. 21. England Batting Collapses, My Brother and Me
  28. 22. The Nightwatchman
  29. 23. Aspiring Young Cricketers
  30. 24. Cricket Emerges from the Darkness into the Light
  31. 25. The Future for Cricket
  32. Postscript
  33. References
  34. Photos