Product Description

Ten years after his classic Rain Men - 'cricket's answer to Fever Pitch,' said the Daily Telegraph - Marcus Berkmann returns to the strange and wondrous world of village cricket, where players sledge their team-mates, umpires struggle to count up to six, the bails aren't on straight and the team that fields after a hefty tea invariably loses. This time he's on the trail of the Ageing Cricketer, having suddenly realised that he is one himself and playing in a team with ten others every weekend. In their minds they run around the field as fast as ever; it's only their legs that let them down. ZIMMER MEN asks all the important questions of middle-aged cricketers. Why is that boundary rope suddenly so far away? Are you doomed to getting worse as a cricketer, or could you get better? How many pairs of trousers will your girth destroy in one summer? Chronicling the 2004 season, with its many humiliating defeats and random injuries, this coruscatingly funny new book laughs in the face of middle age, and starts thinking seriously about buying a convertible.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9585 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 256 pages

Review
'He has achieved something quite remarkable in this dazzlingly entertaining volume... by far the funniest book about cricket that I've ever read.' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'It made me laugh until I dribbled' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Berkmann brings a lively and innovati

Independent on Sunday
'[a] humorous masterpiece to treasure'

Sunday Times, July 24, 2005
'Berkmann brings a lively and innovative mind to the great game.'

Customer Reviews

To close to the truth
It is like some one has written my unauthorised biography and has gotten all the elements correct, changing names to protect the innocent.

This book is a fascinating journey through time, space and mid-off in the presence of few blokes you would be happy to share a pint of Ale or Merlot with, or more likely both.

A must read for any cricketer with more hope than talent, and an eloquent users guide for all those unfortunate widows left behind by the intrusion of cricket.

The Funniest Book I Have Ever Read
Dispite this is one of the few books written about the "love it or hate it" game of cricket, it is fantastic.

As a player, I find myself agreeing with almost every word in this book, and the great detail of the fantastic games he has played and each of the players really makes you feel apart of his team.

Basically Berkmann is the captain of a Sunday cricket team who play friendlys throughout the British summertime that lasts for about 2 weeks (tends to be the time when you miss the games due to being on holiday), and its basically just facts and storys about his experiences in the game, and what has changed throughout his career.

He makes some very interesting and funny observations such has have you ever noticed that people are more inclined to take a 2 when the fielder hasn't got the correct kit?

Any Cricket fan would love this book, and most people who have any interest in any sport would enjoy it, I can't say how much of a good book this is!

Even better than Rain Man!
It's even better than Rain Man (which was my favourite book of 1995). Funny, honest and surprisingly elegiacal. I urge you to buy this book.