Fatty Batter

How cricket saved my life (then ruined it)

By: Michael Simkins

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Paperback | 2 June 2008 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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19.5 x 12.6 x 2.0

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The hilarious tale of one podgy boy's dreams on the outside edge of a cricketing life from 'one of Britain's funniest writers' (Daily Mail)

A fat boy with a passion for sweets and a loathing for games, the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn't necessarily matter and a full-blown obsession is born. Now in middle-age, he still harbours the somewhat deluded belief that the England middle-order might usefully benefit from his hard-earned skills. From impromptu Test series played with his dad in the family sweetshop through to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates, Fatty Batter is the bestselling and hilarious story of one man's life lived through cricket.

Industry Reviews

Once you've read this account of one man's love affair with cricket, you'll never want to read another ghosted autobiography by a Pietersen or a Vaughan again - incompetence and failure is far more fun -- Michael Atherton
An instant classic -- Stephen Fry
The childhood recollections, suffused with warmth and spangled with pain and humour, are the book's unique selling point. Lovely stuff * Daily Telegraph *
Simmo may be a shockingly average amateur cricketer, but when it comes to self- deprecating wit and telling a good anecdote, he's as sprightly as Garry Sobers in his prime ... anecdotes and quirky characters hurtle down at us like yorkers bowled by a fast bowler that I'm not quite knowledgeable enough to name ... an entertaining read indeed * Sunday Times *
Michael writes about disaster, humiliation, rejection and ridicule - the hilarious truth -- Nicholas Hytner

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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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Fatty Batter

How cricket saved my life (then ruined it)

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