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Beefy's Cricket Tales

My Favourite Stories from On and Off the Field

Life is very rarely dull or quiet when Sir Ian Botham is around. One of Britain's greatest sportsmen, 'Beefy' has always worked hard and played hard, and this book reflects that. Botham has compiled some of his favourite stories from a life devoted to cricket and brought them all together in one volume. With the help of his huge network of friends, colleagues, team-mates and opponents, he has put together a wonderful collection of the best and the funniest stories from the cricket world. Featuring contributions from legends such as Shane Warne, fellow commentators and former team-mates including David Gower, and many of the current England team, this is a book the reader can pick up and immediately be privy to some of cricket's strangest and most hilarious moments, from the player who turned up to a game without any clothes on to avoid being fined for wearing the wrong kit to the cricketing legend whose desire for a burger landed him in hot water.

One such player was Paul Nixon, who is literally as mad as a badger. But if he's
on your side, the hours of entertainment he can provide are priceless. 'Nico' was
a livewire behind the stumps, full of energy, never stopped talking and cajoling
and encouraging other players; but when you talk as much as he does, inevitably
a lot of it becomes just noise and that is what got under the skin of opposition
batsmen. They never understood just how he could keep going morning, noon
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