Following On: A Memoir of Teenage Obsession and Terrible Cricket

The summer of 1993 was a pivotal moment in English cricket: a team of aging stalwarts and hapless debutantes had just limply surrendered the Ashes again, but a promising young captain won his second match while in charge of a team full of new names. England fans heralded the dawn of a new era.

Instead, it turned out to be the start of England's arguably worst streak in any sport—a decade of frustration, dismay, and comically bungling performances that no fan will ever forget. The English cr...