The exploits of Tufnell (another bowler of ‘lovely loopy stuff’), Atherton, Hussain et al, are given extra import through the eyes of a cricket-obsessed youth. In a fact-finding field trip in the name of catharsis, White hunts down the main players in said memory and hears about their own personal experience and recollections. If you're aiming for an in-depth analysis of the inner workings of the higher echelons of English cricket, this might not be for you. His passion for the game is at the fore on the BBC ‘s number one cricket podcast and 5Live show, Tailenders, which he co-presents with Greg James and Jimmy Anderson. The cricket links and the painful impact of supporting Englands cricket team is eminently relatable.

A few bits snagged and hooked me: his reflections on 90s and early 00s cricket which I can’t remember, his description of his relationship with Florence Welch. The Maccabees, the band for whom he is renowned, released four studio albums and split at their commercial peak after 14 years together, off the back of a UK number one album and major festival headline shows.In 2019, Bernardine Evaristo became the first black woman to win the Booker Prize since its inception fifty years earlier – a revolutionary landmark for Britain. Because while this is a book about cricket, it isn’t a book about cricket, it’s about loss, and grief, and learning and living. It isn’t a sad book by any means though and I loved his tails of his early love of cricket and getting to love his guitar. A fully illustrated overview of the life and work of the universally loved Quentin Blake, released ahead of the artist’s 90th birthday in December 2022. With his infectious passion for the sport and vivid observations, you don't have to like cricket to love this.

So many of us want to be a rockstar, date a rockstar and have famous friends on their phone and Felix has had all that. I can't imagine what it is like to lose a parent prematurely and at a relatively young age, however these raw and emotional sections are insightful, honest and beautifully written. And if you are a cricket fan (especially an England cricket fan) you will be able to relate to so much of what is said - the lows and, indeed, the highs. It is quite simply the best music biography I’ve read since Cash by Johnny Cash and as a bonus it also contains allusions to Luis Boa Morte.A beautifully evocative book about the three most important things in the world: love, sport and music.