Today is the first day of England’s international cricket summer, and they take on the West Indies at Lord’s.
I would love to be there but not this time. England must win this series to retain their number one ranking – their rise to which is the subject of my first book – 546 Runs Were Enough, Weren’t They?
For the duration of this Test match (17th to 21st May), the book is available for free by clicking here.
And thanks to my former team-mate at university David Haggart for the following on Twitter:
@jspennington Finished reading it the other day – enjoyed it muchly!
— Dave Haggart (@dahaggart) May 17, 2012
I would also like to say thank you to everybody who downloaded/bought Return To The Crease as it made number five in the UK charts this week – up there with Bumble, Tuffers, Sir Ian Botham and Miles Jupp. A proud moment indeed: