Jan 09, 2010 03:05 PM
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-Around 400 Pages. There are some books upfront which you wouldn’t dare say I did not read it.If you get hold of it, read it. Coming from a cricketing legend this book covers all his life, and thrills a cricket lover with an encounter with a sportsman as good as him.
Being an autobiography, it is interesting to the ways in which he entered cricket professionally and speaks greatness these clubs encourage talents as was the case with him. On a day when he was over with schoo land wanted to convert his leanings towards his talent - sports into profession, he quit school and played cricket full time.
From the book you know how he rose to be one of the best all-rounders, performing well equally with the bat and the ball. He had his own shareof bad times being targeted by media and people alike. How he had good friends in Vivian Richards and Garner.
And how he supported them when they were dropped from club team. How his performance lifted the club he played for – Somerset. He was a beer guzzler and was called beefy for his body and build and how without proper beer in India which was not available in their times, he suffered.
How like true sportsman he was so fit that he played other games apart from cricket. And if it hadbeen not for cricket, he could have chosen football. How intermittentlyduring his highs he went for some drugs for which he had to make publicapology to his wife Kathy. His Knighthood and his present life as commentator with sky.
You can also know and feel a player’s life - his past and present, the dressing room, the scores and how he kept an eye to do better.
A must read for a sportsperson and others who get to know a marvelous sports figure with beefy tastes.
