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Get to know England legend Alastair Cook in his fascinating and remarkably sincere autobiography
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER & TELEGRAPH BOOKS OF THE YEAR
‘He is England’s best ever batsman . . . a massively satisfying ebook’ Daily Mail, SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR
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Watch. The. Ball.
It’s simply you. Standing on the crease. Waiting. The bowler is working. His arm swinging. The ball – 155 grams of cork, string and leather-based – is hurled at you. At 90 mph it travels 22 yards in underneath half a second. You can barely see it and you have to be swinging your bat earlier than it is midway in the direction of you. Because you might be in its path . . .
Alastair Cook, considered one of England’s most adorned gamers and highest take a look at run scorer, is aware of what it’s wish to be your greatest underneath strain. Yet at 33 he referred to as time on his England profession.
Come with him as he relives the fraught hours on the pitch, the determined lows and astonishing highs, the paralysing anxiousness that may ship the very best again house and the extraordinary battle of wills with your self, the opposing gamers and even these supposedly by yourself aspect.
This is cricket as you’ve got by no means seen it. The view from the within . . .
LONGLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD
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‘Fascinating, well timed. Delves into the psychological challenges of the sport’ Guardian
‘Bracingly sincere’ Times
Publisher : Penguin
Publication date : 14 May 2020
Language : English
Print size : 400 pages
ISBN-10 : 0241401445
ISBN-13 : 978-0241401446
Item Weight : 291 g
Dimensions : 12.9 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm
Importer : Penguin Random House
Packer : Penguin Random House
Generic Name : Book
