Even if you hate tennis and couldn't find Moldova on the map, you'll be charmed. Utterly recommended

Surprisingly touching as well as incredibly funny

I expected to find this book funny, which it is; I didn't expect to find it illuminating and rather moving, which it is too

This immensely readable account, enriched with moments of true hilarity is, quite honestly, a bit of a gem

A compelling page-turner, warts and all

Hits the mark

It is wonderfully written - full of wit, gags, self-deprecating asides and a pure, unfettered understanding of a man's limitations - and it talks to all of us. You should buy it. You really should go out straight away and pick up a copy. It'll make you feel so much better

At last the work of genius that will finally bring the long-suffering cricket addict a measure of understanding in the world. A wonderful and very funny book

You read the wonderful Michael Simkins with a mixture of horror and delight

One of Britain's funniest writers

Extremely funny - whether or not you know your bails from your balls

One of the funniest sporting memoirs ever

Almost painfully funny

An all-too honest account of a playing career that just got better and better, despite threatening to go off the rails.

An extraordinary book.

Harrowing and brutally honest...a gripping story.

Brutally honest.

Less a football autobiography, more repentant confessional.

stunning