What happens when a man is struck down by a terminal case of Cricket Fever? How does he square this condition with the demands of normal life? The answer might be to become a schoolmaster: gentle mornings of chalk and talk, followed by endless afternoons on the cricket pitch ... 'Chasing Balloons' recounts Mark Floyer's journey from boy to geriatric, through the classrooms and cricket grounds of Middle England, in pursuit of the perfect cover drive.