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Controversially Yours

Jacopo Olivieri

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Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages

292

Age Group

All

Language

English

Book Summary

Shoaib Akhtar has been one of the most colourful characters in the history of cricket. He is the fastest bowler in the world, who set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery when he clocked in at 161.3 km/ph (100.2 mph) twice in the same match. Having taken more than 400 wickets in international cricket, he is a phenomenal cricketer too. Tagged as being undisciplined, Akhtars career has been plagued by injuries, controversies and accusations of poor attitude. Here he tells his side of the story. The early years of deprivation, the relentless self-imposed discipline, the way he played both on the cricket grounds and outside. His is also the inside story of Pakistan cricket, no holds barred: the strange ways of the cricket board, the hierarchies and manipulations and, above all, the magic of the game itself.

Product Details

Author

Jacopo Olivieri

Number of Pages

292

Language

English

SKU

BK0377727

ISBN

9789350291283

Reading Age

All

Dimensions

14x4x20cm

Binding

Paperback