The Art of Coarse Cricket - Spike Hughes

Spike Hughes, broadcaster, musical critic and sportsman, has a glorious tilt at cricket in its less exalted moments in this diverting book.

Coarse cricket is a sport more remarkable for the enthusiasm than for the aptitude of its players and is best played against breweries. That is the basic principle which Spike Hughes accepts, and it gives him a great opportunity to have fun with the lads of the village green.

Many readers will see in this highly humorous book portraits of themselves. For we have all be coarse cricketers at one time.

This is cricket at its gayest, with all the countless humorous incidents that make the village match a delightful comedy, and the running of a local club a nightmare!

Spike Hughes’ lighthearted approach will make all those who have fancied themselves as a local Bradman or Trueman chuckle with glee.