No Spin by Shane Warne, Mark Nicholas
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No Spin
- By: Shane Warne, Mark Nicholas
- Narrated by: Rhys Muldoon
- Length: 13 hrs and 11 mins
- Categories: Sports & Outdoors, Cricket
Publisher’s Summary
Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden‘s five cricketers of the 20th century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold.
In No Spin, Shane sets the record straight. From his extraordinary family history to his childhood as a budding Aussie Rules footballer in suburban Melbourne. From the legendary ‘Gatting ball’ to his history-making 700th Test wicket. From the controversy surrounding the diuretic pill in South Africa to his high-profile relationship with Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley. Nothing is off limits, and Shane tackles it all with his trademark directness and humour.
These days an incisive, charismatic TV commentator and analyst, the ‘Sultan of Spin’ also lets us in on the mysterious art of leg-spin bowling, revealing the secrets of some of his deadliest deliveries. As Shane says, ‘Few batsmen, if any, truly know what I do.’
A sporting great, a celebrity, a family man and a self-confessed regular Aussie bloke from the suburbs, in No Spin Shane offers a compelling insight into how a boy from Black Rock changed the face of cricket forever.
©2018 Shane Warne (P)2018 Penguin Random House Australia
Peter Knight
The story behind the spin king
I’ve been a cricket fan before the Warne era and still am. I’ve watched his spellbinding performances in the middle through his career. To hear of those occasions in his words as well as what goes into making a fiercely competitive sportsman is fascinating. I couldn’t stop listening. Great read or listen.
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WAAARRNNIEEE! 🙌
Loved binging this book. Warnie is a national treasure who changed the game of test cricket for the better. And saved the art of wrist spin from certain death. No holds barred he is refreshingly honest about the good and not so good regarding his life. The only thing that would make this book better is if Shane was the narrator
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