An over-the-hill county cricketer, attempts to come to terms with the modern game and his own personal crisis during the course of one season.

Foreword by Mike Selvey, Guardian cricket correspondent. 'His poems genuinely read as if he has been there, done it and cried the tears, not as the star with the sponsored Merc, but as a spear-chucker who never quite hacks it.' - Mike Selvey