Calamity Cricket: Tales of Ladybridge CC

by Stephen Barnard

Each summer, up and down the country, thousands of men toil against cricketing adversity; namely a lack of talent, ill-fitting whites, and the vagaries of the British weather. Each year they ask themselves why they do it, and for want of a reasonable answer they plough on regardless, obsessing about averages and ignoring the laments of their cricket widows. Calamity Cricket chronicles the misadventures of one such team as they reform for perhaps one last hurrah. It also takes an irreverent look at twenty years of the club's incidents and accidents, insults and injuries, which will strike a chord with anyone who has worked hard at convincing themselves that they can play cricket, no matter how old and slow they are.

333 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 21, 2015

About the author

Stephen Barnard has been writing fiction (and non-fiction cricket exploits) for a number of years. The success of his short story collection 'A Very Bad Year' encouraged him to push further. He now has over 20 published works, mainly in the horror/suspense genre. When he's not writing he teaches, reads, snoozes and binge-watches horror films.

Reviews

[Brian Owen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cricket at it's best

Great read from the the first page to the last. Hilarious village cricket 3rd 11 side which everyone who can walk and talk would love to be a part of.
Please read when you get the chance because you will find it very hard to put down.