《最后一个小门》真实地描述了一个人为自己和他热爱的运动而寻求意义、目标和革新的过程。2020赛季伊始，英格兰郡板球队面临着根本性的变化。《百人》即将上映，推出了新的“特许经营权”，以期吸引急需的新观众。它的诞生是有争议的。倡导者认为，只有采取激烈的行动才能阻止英国板球运动的衰落。反对者担心这会破坏这场广受欢迎的郡赛的结构。一位爱塞克斯迷开始记录大变革前的最后一个夏天。2019年，他在全国巡回演出，记录了这项经常被忽视的运动，从县锦标赛的轻柔摇篮曲到T20决赛日的淫秽歌曲。理查德·克拉克（Richard Clarke）已经50岁了，正处于个人的十字路口，他担心自己最好的日子可能早已过去。变革与传统、增长与安全、金钱与意义——这些永恒的斗争是这场引人入胜的救赎之旅的核心。
Last-Wicket Stand: Searching for Redemption, Revival and a Reason to Persevere in English County Cricket
Last Wicket Stand is an honest account of one man’s search for meaning, purpose and reinvention, both for himself and the sport he loves. At the start of the 2020 season, English county cricket faced radical change. The Hundred was coming, introducing new ‘franchises’ playing a new format in the hope of attracting much-needed new audiences. Its inception was controversial. Advocates argued only drastic action could halt the decline of cricket in the UK. Opponents feared it would undermine the very fabric of the much-loved county game. One devoted Essex fan set out to document the last summer before the big change. He toured the country in 2019 chronicling this often-ignored sport, from the gentle lullaby of the County Championship to the bawdy singalong of T20 Finals Day. Richard Clarke was in his 50th year, at a personal crossroads and fearing his best days may be long gone. Change vs tradition, growth vs security, money vs meaning – these perennial struggles lie at the heart of this absorbing and revealing journey of redemption.
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