Watkins at Bat: Sticky Wicket Trilogy, Vol. I, a Cricket Novel, new edition - Paperback

by Ewart Rouse (Author)

When cricketers from former British colonies come to America, they yearn to play their national sport. But first they must get past wives who think it's time the men grew up and began accompanying them to religious services on weekends, as well as the Little League baseball organization with whom they must compete for use of the field. Trinidad native Freddie Watkins is determined to overcome these challenges on behalf of his immigrant community - at the risk of jeopardizing his own marriage.

Author Biography

Ewart Rouse was a reporter for the Guardian in his native Trinidad, for the Associated Press in Washington, and was a reporter and editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. While at the Inquirer, he taught journalism and business writing as an adjunct professor at Rutgers, Temple and Arcadia Universities. A life-long cricket fanatic and activist, Rouse is a founding member of the Echelon Cricket Club (for which he opened the inning), the New Jersey Cricket Association, and the Philadelphia Cricket League - experiences that provided the material for his Sticky Wicket series.