Each chapter in this book is based on one of The Authors Cricket Club summer fixtures. Mine, a piece called ‘Cricket and Class’, was prompted by a September fixture against Kirkby Portland CC. My cricketing style is described in the back of the book: “Once a dashing opening batsman and snaking outswing bowler, he now propels gentle off-spin, and longs only to top the 99 he scored against Mirfield in the West Riding League in 1984.”