Opening Up: My Autobiography [Paperback]

Mike Atherton (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2002

Mike Atherton, England Captain and the most consistently successful cricketer of the last two decades, gives us the inside story of cricket in this revealing autobiography.

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Mike Atherton, England Captain and the most consistently successful cricketer of the last two decades, gives us the inside story of cricket in this revealing autobiography.

About the Author

Mike Atherton was educated at Manchester Grammar School and Cambridge University. At sixteen he captained the England Under 19 team and was made captain of England in 1993 at the age of 25.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton (September 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0340822325
• ISBN-13: 978-0340822326
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.4 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,011,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the great Cricket autobiographys., November 26, 2002

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Drewe Hetherton (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opening Up: My Autobiography (Paperback)

Mike Atherton the fromer England Captain and opening Batsmen has written an informative and at time insightful book in to his career and life. Opening Up presents you with the facts and is a straight shooting book on everything fronm the England Test Team to life after retirement.

Mike Atherton gives you an insightful look at the life of one of England Greatest ever Batmans and most capped Captain.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars He writes as he is.., February 5, 2009

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Pastor of Disaster (Wexford, Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Opening Up My Autobiography (Paperback)

Atherton has the qualities required on an opening batsman, he is single minded and extremely boring. Which is great news if you are scoring 189 against South Africa and batting for 3 days, but perhaps not the sort of chap you want writing an interesting book. Mind you, "Athers" never forgets to remind us how great he thought he was throughout the book, with plenty of gripping text such as "I was only 3 days old, but as I gripped hard onto my soother, I knew how great I was and how one day, I would be England Captain". And "I was batting for Manchester Grammar against Scumtown Boys Academy for Under-Privileged Skangers and had no qualms about teaching them a lesson by batting all day for a gritty seven not out, despite the fact that these oiks had to practice on a football pitch covered in dog turds, I had to because one day I was destined to be England Captain". Don't be expecting to see a lot of "knob gags" or hilarious accounts of how Jack Russell once got a Weetabix stuck up his bum, but if you are into gaining an insight into how great Mike Atherton thinks he is, then this is the book for you! (PS - I don't know if Alec Stewart has written a book, but if he has, I bet its hilarious.)