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Shane Warne My Autobiography
by
Shane Warne
,
Ian Botham
With 356 wickets taken in 82 tests since his debut in 1991, Shane Warne is arguably the greatest spinner of all time. By the end of 1996, he had dismissed Gooch, Atherton, Stewart, and Thorpe—England's leading batsmen—six times each. In this insightful autobiography, Warne discusses his early ambitions and offers a colorful account of the various series in which he has bee
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Paperback
,
368 pages
Published
May 1st 2002
by Hodder & Stoughton
(first published August 16th 2001)
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Ring! Ring! Hi, this is Shane Warne phoning in my autobiography. Where to start? It's written far too early (published in 2000), it's a complete hack job which you feel Warne himself had little to no input into, and it touches on nothing of any interest in any real depth. You know you're in real trouble when you start padding the book out with your favourite ever players. Do not bother.
Warne wrote this book when he was yet to hang his boots. Somehow feel players writing their autobiographies before retirement don't do justice, and this book serves as an example to that. Too hastily written without any flow. In stark contrast to his fellow teammate Steve Waugh's splendid book.
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Shane Keith Warne is a former Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game.[1] In 2000, he was selected by a panel of cricket experts as one of the five Wisden Cricketers of the Century, the only specialist bowler selected in the quintet and the only one still playing at the time. He is also a cricket commentator and a professional po
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