The Following Game is about passion and obsession. It\'s about cricket, family and poetry, but most of all it\'s about a father following his son\'s career in the public eye and the close relationship they share. Jonathan Smith is the father of Ed Smith, a prominent writer and former Kent, Middlesex and England cricketer. The Following Game is a follow-up to Jonathan\'s critically-acclaimed 2002 book The Learning Game, one of the most talked-about books in education over the last ten years.