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Fox on the Run.
Fox On the Run Fowler, Graeme and Ball, Peter
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First published June 30, 1988
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December 28, 2022
An interesting insight into the highs and lows of playing international cricket. Graeme is a kind soul and the way in which he writes completely displays this. Hearing the true ins and outs of travelling abroad, seeing him react to harrowing parts of life for those in India in the 80's was riveting and shows that they are not all caught in the bright lights of being a professional athlete. As someone who never experienced this era of cricket, you can feel his anger through his rants about the international and county system at the time.
It's certainly a book of two halves, the first section being his triumphs of the tour in India and being the first English cricketer to score a double century over there. The funny tales of bad food, parties and poking fun at the boring and bad Indian pitches. The second section is more focused on Graeme's fall from grace. With issues in his health, skill and marriage all cropping up in the short space of time. You feel for him after reading that he had another bad outing because of his pain and how this causes him to fall in a depressive, rather inconsolable state.
The final section, although short, leaves the autobiography on a high note. He is feeling good and playing good when we rejoin him after a bit of time away from the diary. You feel excited for Graeme to put his name back in the selectors head's
Peter Ball plays a small but well structured role in the book, providing context that Graeme would've otherwise left out which gives us a better insight into the mind behind the man.
The photos included in the book, whilst interesting were in a strange location which broke up the flow of a long narrative. But that is neither here nor there.
Met Graeme in person two, he offered words of encouragement to me as a young cricketer starting at his very own Durham University. Such a good bloke, highly recommend
It's certainly a book of two halves, the first section being his triumphs of the tour in India and being the first English cricketer to score a double century over there. The funny tales of bad food, parties and poking fun at the boring and bad Indian pitches. The second section is more focused on Graeme's fall from grace. With issues in his health, skill and marriage all cropping up in the short space of time. You feel for him after reading that he had another bad outing because of his pain and how this causes him to fall in a depressive, rather inconsolable state.
The final section, although short, leaves the autobiography on a high note. He is feeling good and playing good when we rejoin him after a bit of time away from the diary. You feel excited for Graeme to put his name back in the selectors head's
Peter Ball plays a small but well structured role in the book, providing context that Graeme would've otherwise left out which gives us a better insight into the mind behind the man.
The photos included in the book, whilst interesting were in a strange location which broke up the flow of a long narrative. But that is neither here nor there.
Met Graeme in person two, he offered words of encouragement to me as a young cricketer starting at his very own Durham University. Such a good bloke, highly recommend
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