This funny, charming story is the perfect way to introduce young children to the idea of being involved & the importance of helping
...Slipless in Settle is a sentimental journey around club cricket in the north of Engl&, a world far removed from the clich?d lengthening-shadows-on-the-village-green image of the summer game. This is hardcore cricket played in former pit villages & mill towns. Winner of the 2011 MCC Cricket Book of the Year, it is about the little clubs that have, down the years, produced some of the greatest players Britain has ever seen, & at one time spent a fortune on importing the biggest names in the international game to boost their battle for local supremacy. Slipless in Settle is a warm, affectionate & outrageously funny sporting odyssey in which Andrew Flintoff & Learie Constantine rub shoulders with Asbo-tag-wearing all-rounders, there's hot-pot pie & mushy peas at the tea bar, two types of mild in the clubhouse, & a batsman is banned for a month for wearing a fireman's helmet when going out to face Joel Garner