RAIN MEN

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Shining the light meter of reason into cricket's madness, Marcus Berkmann illuminates all the obsessions & disappointments that the dedicated fan & hopeful club player suffers year after year - the ritual humiliation of England's middle order, the partially-sighted umpires, the battling average that reads more like a shoe size. As satisfying as a perfectly timed cover drive, & rather easier to come by, Rain Men offers essential justification for anyone who has ever run a team-mate out on purpose or secretly cried at a video of Botham's Ashes. 259pp P/B