IVAN PONTING

Ivan Ponting has lived in Somerset all his life and has followed the fortunes of the county cricket club for as long as he can remember. An experienced journalist, he makes his living by writing football books (more than two dozen to date) and by contributing obituaries to The Independent newspaper. A collection of these obituaries has been published as The Book of Football Obituaries, a superb volume with beautiful photographs.

As a village cricketer he was a numbingly slow batsmen, but he rarely plays these days – though he remains open to offers.

He is married with two children and does not stray far from Chewton Mendip.

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