Cricket Reads!

[Leicester Fox]

Yeah theres a review on cricinfo, apparently Cooks got one coming next year!

 

[Hooper]

I think that was a joke? Hope so.

 

[Kev]

James, that book has been covered extensively in this thread. It's bloody brilliant although I think Fatty Batter is better.

 

[evertonfan]

I received a book called Penguins Stopped Play for Christmas. I'm really looking forward to reading it (eventually!!). Anyone read it?

Best.Cricket.Book.Ever

Closely followed by Fatter Batter, which I read prior to it.

 

[JamesyJames3]

Glad to hear it. I usually struggle my way through a book, so hopefully this one will have me hooked!

 

[Kev]

In all honesty, there is Penguins Stopped Play and Fatty Batter then there is an absolute massive gap before any cricket book comes close. Certainly they pwn over any autobiography by a player.

 

[evertonfan]

Is right! PSP was the last cricket book I read and that was in August. I got Lovejoy's book for Christmas which was absolutely brilliant and I got Monty's and Botham's new one. Hopefully Botham's is good because i'm going nowhere near Monty's cash-in.

 

[Kev]

Which Botham book is that evo?

 

[evertonfan]

It's called 'Head On'. It's a black and white cover with a close-up of his face on it. I've only read a couple of pages as of yet and it's decent enough.

 

[Left_Hander]

I got it for Christmas but I haven't read it yet. Ricky Ponting's 06/07 Captain's Diary. Should be a good read.

 

[Kev]

Shall have to look out for that, after I've read Steve Waugh's epic.

 

[Animator!]

You won't regret reading Steve Waugh's book. Fantastic, a lot more insite into his mental aspect in series than I thought. I expected him to just reel off how he performed in series with big emphasis on when he was dropped and just before his retire. However, its fantastically in-depth.

 

[Kev]

I bloody hope its in-depth, its thick enough!

 

[Sureshot]

Penguins Stopped Play is brilliant, I really should read that again. I have two books on the go at the moment, Benaud's autobiography and Escape and Evasion during WW2. And I've got a Wisden Anthology to fit in!

 

[freddiw]

have any recent players - oldest waugh brothers
writen their OWN biographies
i know monty, flintoff, KP and Warne
any other good ones?