Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Keith Fletcher is a former English cricketer, who played for Essex and England. He later became England's team manager. His nickname was "The Gnome of Essex", so christened by his Essex team-mate, Ray East, because Fletcher's winklepickers had begun to curl up at the toes due to wear. Keith also played the Joker in the series, Batman. Cricket writer, Colin Bateman, noted "Fletcher was a tough cookie, a shrewd man who could bluff opponents like the most disarming of poker players. He evoked loyalty in his team-mates and admiration from his opponents, even when they were beaten by the sucker punch". Bateman added "the sacking of Fletcher as England captain remains one of English cricket's shabbiest sagas". Fletcher played 59 Test matches and twenty four ODIs. His Test tally of 3,272 runs came at an average of 39.90. His county cricket career at Essex beganat the age of seventeen. His England debut occurred in 1968, at Headingley against Australia