Shane Warne My Autobiography

by Shane Warne, Ian Botham (Foreword)

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 been involved. He offers his personal views on sportsmanship and provides his thoughts on captaincy and the leg-spinners he respects most. His fascination with gambling and the conflict between his public persona and private life are also discussed. Honest and intriguing, this account is a must have for cricket fans.

Genres: Biography, Sports, Nonfiction, Autobiography

368 pages, Paperback

First published August 16, 2001

About the author

Shane Keith Warne was an Australian international cricketer widely regarded as one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the game. 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 was also a cricket commentator and a professional poker player.

Reviews

[W]

I expected something more interesting from Shane Warne.This book was written midway through his playing career.There are some interesting bits including the match fixing allegations he made against Salim Malik during the 1994-95 Pakistan tour,losing the World Cup final to Sri Lanka in 1996, winning the World Cup in 1999,sledging and the so called "ball of the century" when he clean bowled Mike Gatting in 1993.Overall,however,this book is fairly boring and I had to skim through it.

[Matthew · Rating 1 out of 5]

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.

[Dave · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unreadable. A bit like a child writing about what they did on their holiday. Gave up.

[Robin · Rating 1 out of 5]

Lucky to get 1 star. Jumbled, badly written (even by the ghost-writer), whingeing and almost nothing of insight into someone who should be a fascinating cricketer. Sample sentence: "It left a bitter taste and I think the days when we perhaps took our foot off the pedal at the end of a series when it was already in the bag are in the dim and distant past". Four cliched mixed metaphors!

[Brian Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent read about his life , his cricketing achievements , his views on cricket and more . You can hear him speaking the words of the book. Mark Nicholas has done a great job bringing it altogether .
Great shame he was taken so young - he had some interesting ideas on the future of cricket .

[Guy D · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not the best autobiography, probably would be better to read his 2018 one as he’s only halfway through his career in this. Not as fun as I expected but was great learning about cricket in the 90s

[Kartik Parimal · Rating 2 out of 5]

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.

[Michael · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very boring autobiography. I expected a lot more

[Nithish Ravi · Rating 3 out of 5]

nice