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Shane Warne's Century: My Top 100 Test Cricketers | 
 enlarge | Author: Shane Warne
Publisher: Mainstream Publishing
Category: Book
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1840
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 1845964152
EAN: 9781845964153
ASIN: 1845964152
Publication Date: October 2, 2008
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A must-read for cricket lovers November 16, 2008
AC Riches (Surrey, UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Even dyed-in-the-wool England fans have learned to love Shane Warne - would the Barmy Army sing `Wish you were English' to any other Aussie? Warne is a man worth listening too, a cricketer blessed with a sharp cricket brain as well as extravagant skills - the best captain Australia never had. In this book he gives an insight into what made (and makes) his great rivals and team-mates tick. So these short essays make fascinating reading; no doubt these observations were in part compiled during a career in which the spinner used every honest means available to win - especially psychological warfare. As Warne admits, list compiling is a purely subjective exercise (Darren Lehmann 30 places higher than Desmond Haynes?) and there's bound to be omissions and ranking that will provoke debate. But this is the sort of book cricket lovers relish; there's plenty of humour and anecdotes galore from a man who is fulsome in his praise of others, even some who were considered bitter enemies. Easily digestible, I recommend this book highly.
Warney spins a good yarn October 22, 2008
N. Constable (North Devon, England)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is not a cricket book for the stat-anoraks (though some Test stats are included) but you'd go a long way to find a more thoughtful, concise insight into what makes great players tick. As one of the true greats himself, Warne is well placed to give a verdict on both opponents and team-mates and he does so in typically forthright fashion. Whatever your view of his occasional on-field altercations the overall feeling as you read this is of a guy who genuinely respects and admires fellow players, who bears no grudges and who is realistic enough to know that you never stop learning. Warne also reveals snippets of his own tactics against individual batsman and for any young spin bowler this is really fascinating stuff. Few readers - if any - will ever aspire to match Warne's skill and technique but assessing a batsman's strengths and weaknesses, and formulating a proper attack plan, is a great weapon even for club players.
This memoir is readable and funny - ideal if you like dipping in and out of books - and I'd recommend it to cricket lovers, even English ones. Funny, but Warney seems so much more likeable now he's not helping win the Ashes.
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