THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER FROM CRICKET'S HUGELY POPULAR COMMENTATOR With his infectious enthusiasm for the game David ' Bumble' Lloyd blends immense knowledge & experience with an eye for the quirky detail & an unending fund of brilliant stories This definitive autobiography recalls his childhood in Accrington Lancashire when after a long day playing cricket in the street he would get his chance to wash himself in his family's bath
- but only after his parents & uncle had taken their turn first From being last in the tin bath he moved on to make his debut for Lancashire while still in his teens eventually earning an England call-up when he had to face the pace of Lillee & Thomson
- with painful & eye-watering consequences After retiring as a player he became an umpire & then England coach during the 1990s before eventually turning to commentary with Sky Sports After spending more than 50 years involved with the professional game Bumble's memoir is packed with hilarious anecdotes from the golden age of Lancashire cricket through to the glitzy modern era of T20 cricket He provides vivid behind-the-scenes insight into life with England & on the Sky commentary team Last in the Tin Bath is a joy to read from start to finish & was shortlisted for the British Sports Book Awards Autobiography of the Year