Review for England Their England

This is a book remembered for its description (Chapter 7) of the village cricket match. For anyone who has played club cricket for the 3rd eleven or lower it will help to recall some of the events that make cricket the exceptional sport it is.

It is the same game with the same rules as for the pinnacle of the game, Test Cricket. It is usually played over a period of 4 hours 30 minutes, including tea.
However unfit, competent or incompetent the players are the umpires usually match them. It is a game where the unusual is commonplace, and with time the stories get magnified.

The description of the village game bundles every tall story into one.