24 for 3 is a 2007 novella by Jennie Walker (a pen name of English poet Charles Boyle); it won the 2008 McKitterick Prize.

[3] A woman whose life is split between her lover (a loss adjuster) and husband worries about the whereabouts of her teenage son and wonders about the rules of cricket.

On the same day as a rejection arrives he receives an inheritance from a relative's will enabling him to set up his own publishing house CB Editions to get it in to print.

[6] James Smart writing in The Guardian concludes "Evocative and clever, this concise tale is engaging rather than resounding, a deft clip for two rather than a thrilling slog for six.

"[5] Lionel Shriver praises the novel in The Daily Telegraph: "24 for 3 is written with a beguiling simplicity, and the small wisdoms it offers up are readily accessible to readers (like this one) who have never been able to make head or tail of cricket.