No Spin

Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden’s five cricketers of the 20th century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold. In No Spin, Shane sets the record straight. From his extraordinary family history to his childhood as a budding Aussie Rules footballer in suburban Melbourne. From the legendary ‘Gatting ball’ to his history-making 700th Test wicket. From the controversy surrounding the diuretic pill in South Africa to his high-profile relationship with Hollywood star Elizabeth Hurley. Nothing is off limits, and Shane tackles it all with his trademark directness and humour. These days an incisive, charismatic TV commentator and analyst, the ‘Sultan of Spin’ also lets us in on the mysterious art of leg-spin bowling, revealing the secrets of some of his deadliest deliveries. As Shane says, ‘Few batsmen, if any, truly know what I do.’ A sporting great, a celebrity, a family man and a self-confessed regular Aussie bloke from the suburbs, in No Spin Shane offers a compelling insight into how a boy from Black Rock changed the face of cricket forever.

About the Author :
Shane Warne is an Australian former international cricketer, widely regarded as one of the best bowlers in the history of the game. He was named one of the Wisden Cricketers of the Year in the 1994 and 2005 Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, and was the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World 1997 (Notional Winner). 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 is also a cricket commentator and a professional poker player. Mark Nicholas captained Hampshire for the best part of 12 summers, passing 1000 runs in a season on ten occasions, making 36 first-class hundreds and leading the county to four titles. He also captained England A in nine unofficial Test matches. Mark went on to become a presenter and commentator with Sky TV, Channel 4 (whose coverage won three BAFTA awards) and now Channel 5 in the UK. He has been a fixture on Channel Nine's cricket coverage in Australia since the summer of 2003-04. For 16 years he was a sports feature writer with the London Daily Telegraph and had two spells in radio for talkSPORT. He has twice been named Sports Presenter of the Year by the Royal Television Society. Mark has worked on other television programs, including the UK edition of Survivor and the cooking show Britain's Best Dish. For five months of the year he lives in Sydney and for the rest of the time in London. Rhys Muldoon is an Australian actor, writer and director who has worked extensively in film, television, theatre and radio. He is a familiar face on Australian television, having appeared in Grass Roots, The Secret Life of Us, Rake and House Husbands. Rhys has lent his voice to many audiobooks, documentaries, radio plays and poetry readings. He is a regular columnist for various newspapers and magazines, and is a regular public speaker at various artistic, sporting and corporate events.

Review :
'It is one of the most honest books you will read by any sportsman and I can commend it to everybody.' 'You’ll see another side of the spin king. This memoir shows him in a new light.'