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by Michael Simkins (Author)
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Ebury Press (3 April 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091901510
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091901516
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.6 x 2.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 6,012 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Once you've read this account of one man's love of cricket,
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Vaughan again - incompetence and failure is far more fun" --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Proof that cricket really can be enjoyable..., 17 May 2007
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I am not a cricketer - and anyone who has seen my batting stance will happily verify that fact - so imagine my trepidation when I received this book as a gift. I was dreading boring reminisences about life on the boundary but curiously it turns out to be a autobiography-cum-cricket book that I think has real appeal for the non-cricketers amongst us too. Much of the book is taken up with humorously evocative descriptions of childhood; really well done I thought. The later parts of the book describe the trials and tribulations of the author's curious cricket team 'The Harry Baldwins' but they are populated with enough characters and incident to provide plenty of laughs. You really don't need to have an intimate knowledge of your googlies to enjoy this book as it would appeal to bat wielders and the bat-phobic alike. Touching and rib-tickling in turn...
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best book I've read for years., 12 Jul 2007
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I bought this book as a holiday gift for my cricket-loving, non-reading husband. When it arrived I flicked through the pages, started reading a passing paragraph and was hooked. Michael Simkins writes with wit, style and ease. He evokes with humour and considerable accuracy the frustrations and angst of the corpulent child becoming the tireless team organiser and devoted cricket fan. It's a joy to read for all cricket enthusiasts and their long-suffering partners.
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5.0 out of 5 stars How Simkins Saved My Week, 11 May 2007
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A week's holiday in Normandy this May would have been utterly ruined by the appalling weather, were it not for this 300-page gem by Mr. Simkins, which transported me to some sunsoaked boundary of my own rememberings, where I seemed to bask all week in happy contemplation of another brilliant innings by this writer. He knows all the shots, and plays them off the sweet spot every time. Deeply touching but never mawkish; stylish, witty and just rude enough to make you shift a little in your deckchair, he is Alan Bennett in grass-stained flannels. His book about cricket is about so much more than just cricket. I think it's probably about being British. If there's any justice, it'll be an all-time classic, as synonymous with summertime as the first glass of Pimms.
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