Bats & Belters

Towards the close of the 1970s Somerset cricket has nothing in the trophy cabinet. But stars Beefy, Big Bird and Smokey might help change this. Supporters are hopeful. None more so than those of Snickworthy, a rural backwater, with the Belters, the village cricket team of hapless eccentrics, undeterred despite tribulations. Top of the order is the question of whether Lady Rosemary’s ‘accident’ was actually murder. As events collide camaraderie is shaken to the core by the cricket-loathing, saddle-loving Margie, a very resourceful young lady. The arrival of Henry, an unlikely cravat wearing ‘furriner’ with a guide to self-sufficiency, makes for a whole stinky kit bag of kerfuffle as the Belters struggle to survive.