Bobby Dazzler ...

So is it really that unusual for a girl to like cricket? Apparently so if the reaction that I get when offering up an opinion in the pub is anything to go by… shock and horror, a blonde in her twenties with something to say on cricket…

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't claim to be Michael Atherton or Simon Hughes or anything but I do love cricket, have been watching it forever and find myself becoming more and more drawn to reading books about it. I just hope I don't turn into a wisdom worm, spitting out statistics on players from the nineteenth century. God forbid!

But I have rather scarily started a blog on cricket for girls or for boys. Doesn’t really matter. It may be funny, it may not be. It might be serious, it may be futile. It could talk about how fit some cricketers are. And how some are not.... Haven’t really thought that far ahead.

So, Michael Vaughn is back leading the troops to the Caribbean, how fabulous! I have to admit to being a massive fan, I think he is probably the most inspirational of England captains, but sadly his books are really rather dull... as with many sportsmen I think it may be a case of stick to what you're good at darling... and no, not getting injured.

Vaughnie of course is not as much as a scribe as dear Freddie, who has written no less than three books - what a chap! Not only is he a full time dad, husband and all round hero, but he also gets home after a long day on the pitch and starts to write down the thoughts on his life. Wowzers, what a guy!!

Of the other members of the current team, KP and Andrew Strauss have both written books, with very flash front covers might I say, and Monty has two that he is apparently writing at the moment. Must be quite hard to write two entirely different books about yourself at the same time…

My favourite cricket books though have to be ‘Dazzler’ and even better ‘Dazzler on the Dance Floor’ by, well you’ve guessed it the Dazzler himself. Perfect for any cricket or indeed tango two stepper...