His analysis of Warne's Test partnerships with Glenn McGrath and Stuart McGill is a masterclass in examining the evidence and coming to far-from-obvious conclusions about how and why they worked, and his description of Warne's bowling action – "both dainty and menacing, like Ernst Blofeld stroking his white cat" – is hard to better. Rather than producing a conventional biography, Haigh has written a series of interlinked essays, each focusing on a different aspect of Warne's life and talent, and each is a delight, not only for the stylish clarity of prose but also for originality of thought. A superb portrait of the most brilliant cricketer of his generation Mike AthertonShane Warne dominated cricket on the field and off for almost thirty. The best leg-spinner the world has ever seen is, of course, partly to blame for this himself, having produced three (ghostwritten) autobiographies, but they hardly gave a rounded view: as Ludwig Wittgenstein observed, "Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself". Every Test series in which Australia competed anywhere in the world is touched on - including the remarkable Aboriginal tour of 1862 that preceded the inaugural. A superb portrait of the most brilliant cricketer of his generation Mike Atherton Shane Warne. Catch up the interesting biography on Shane Warne- On Warne by Gideon Haigh- an interesting. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title. His previous biography, On Warne, won the MCC/Cricket Society and the British Sports Book Awards prizes as the cricket book of the year. "The trouble is, people I've never met think they know all about me," Shane Warne remarked to Gideon Haigh the first time they met. Buy On Warne by Gideon Haigh for 35.00 at Mighty Ape NZ. Are you an avid reader Do you love reading biographies. Gideon Haigh has been writing about sport, business, both and neither, for more than 30 years.
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