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The Autobiography

Written by: Alastair Cook
Narrated by: Dan Connolly
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Get to know England's most-loved batsman in the compelling autobiography from Alastair Cook.

Watch. The. Ball.

It's just you. Standing at the crease. Waiting. The bowler is running. His arm swinging. The ball - 155 grams of cork, string and leather - is hurled at you. At 90 mph it travels 22 yards in under half a second....

Alastair Cook, one of England's most decorated players and highest test run scorer, knows what it is like to be your best under pressure. Yet at 33 he called time on his England career.

Come with him as he relives the fraught hours on the pitch, the desperate lows and astonishing highs, the paralysing anxiety that can send the best back home and the extraordinary battle of wills with yourself, the opposing players and even those supposedly on your own side.

This is cricket as you've never seen it. The view from the inside....

©2019 Sir Alastair Cook (P)2019 Penguin Audio Cricket Sports Sports Psychology Biography England
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Gives an insightful glimpse into the pressures of cricket and the evolution of the game from Test Cricket, to the modern day T20. Enjoyed listening to it. Thank you Alistair/Dan.

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