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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0
Quality !!! Written like a football biography but with a pinch of Wisden.One of the best cricket books I have ever read (in fact one of the best sporting books I have ever read) - well written & informal, it gives us an insight into the gritty, less glamorous life of a county cricketer & shares the doubts, anxieties, fears , ambitions, achievements & humour of the protaganists.
This preceeds the very good "Yakking Around The World" (which is also worth a punt)but is an even better read.
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An excellent overview of what happens in "the middle" The key characteristic of Hughes' book is how cricket has changed since his 1980s-early 90s playing career. His descriptions of the catering at Lords are barely believable with three course lunches (including roast beef, Yorkshire pudding and syrup sponge, washed down by litres of tea; how would Flintoff and co. play after putting away that lot we must wonder. The insights into the team are riveting. These are players in the world's top cricket league yet they have to hold down off-season jobs, and have the... more info
Gratuitously amusing account of a County Cricketers lot. I,ve read a lot of books on cricket.This is the only one i read repeatedly.Hughes is an engaging bloke doing his analysts job on Channel 4 but this gives no indication as to his wealth of cricketing anecdotes or the warm humour he brings to them, for essentially this is a warm and very funny book.It is also in it,s understated way a scathing critique of the county set up and of English professional cricket in general. What makes this book particually likeable is that Hughes does,nt spare himself from his... more info
A must for all cricket fans! This is a biography of Simon Hughes' days as a county cricketer. Most people who have an interest in the sport only see the games played at the very level - international cricket. Hughes' book is a humourous, entertaining account of his 20 years as a decent county pro.
Not only is it an excellent account of a life of a cricketer, it's a great read for those who have no interest in the game. Many of the stories can be identified with by people in all careers and is a ggood account of an individual's life.
