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Head On: Botham: The Autobiography
by
Ian Botham
Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game’s one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a
Boy’s Own
rollercoaster ride. Born with a natural genius for the game, Botham began breaking records with bat and ball from a young age and soon became the man English cricket expected most f
Paperback
,
384 pages
Published
June 5th 2008
by Ebury Press
(first published October 4th 2007)
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Typical Beefy style book. He wears his heart on his sleeve. Completely honest and straight talk. We get a full measure of his genius, super confidence and also the measure of the man himself, warts and all. Bold and open autobiography!!
Born with a natural genius for cricket, Botham began breaking records with bat and ball from a young age and soon became the man English cricket expected most from. After a troubled period as England's captain, Botham rose once again to become a national hero with his display in the Miracle Ashes of 1981. But, with his confrontational nature and wild streak, he began regularly making the wrong kind of headlines. With accusations of drink and drugs, affairs and ball-tampering, he became hounded b
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Botham despite playing his career out before I got into the sport of cricket is one of those characters who with his natural talent and character has transcended eras, so I've always been quite a fan of Beefy. This book falls quite happily into the 'worth a read' category. There's nothing particularly earth-shattering or controversial but then for me, with only the odd exception biographies tend to all blend into one anyway. He's clearly holding a few bits back and I would have found more of an
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Enjoyed the book reading about the trials and tribulations of what some sports players have to contend with along their professional journies. Guess when we read autobiographies you could suggest we are being nosey reading them. But i have to take my hat off th Ian for mentioning about how other (we) everyday people trades and careers we choose are not always fortunate and lucky enough to travel like others abroad to watch and support the cricket and follow our teams round to all grounds. Thank
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An entertaining book that gives an insight into the life of an enigma. Some sorties need to be taken with a pinch of salt though.
A very entertaining book full of stories both on the field and off.
Life is never dull in the life of Sir Ian Botham.
Life is never dull in the life of Sir Ian Botham.
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