Kirjahaku

Voted the greatest English cricketer of the 20th century by the fans, Sir Ian Botham is the English game's one true living legend and his story both on and off the pitch reads like a Boy's Own rollercoaster ride.Born with a natural genius for cricket, Botham began breaking records with bat and ball from a young age and soon became the man English cricket expected most from. After a troubled period as England's captain, Botham rose once again to become a national hero with his display in the Miracle Ashes of 1981. But, with his confrontational nature and wild streak, he began regularly making the wrong kind of headlines. With accusations of drink and drugs, affairs and ball-tampering, he became hounded by the tabloid pack, never sure whether they wanted him to triumph or implode. Now a Knight and just as famous for his tireless charity work, Beefy gives us the definitive story of his never-dull life and times in his own no-nonsense words.

Contains 100 colourful portraits of the cricketing characters whom Ian Botham has come across in his eventful career and who have influenced the game for good in his time - from top players, umpires and coaches to pop stars, writers and philanthropists.

A completely updated edition of cricketing legend Ian Botham's biography, including first-hand insight into the 1999/2000 winter tour of South Africa.