{"product_id":"alastair-cook-the-autobiography","title":"Alastair Cook The Autobiography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eGet to know England legend Alastair Cook in his fascinating and remarkably honest autobiography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u0026amp; \u003ci\u003eTELEGRAPH\u003c\/i\u003e BOOKS OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''He is England''s greatest ever batsman . . . a hugely enjoyable book'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e, SPORTS BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003e_________\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWatch. The. Ball.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt''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. You can barely see it and you''ve got to be swinging your bat before it''s halfway towards you. Because you are in its path . . .\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlastair 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCome 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is cricket as you''ve never seen it. The view from the inside . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AUTOBIOGRAPHY AWARD\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e_________\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Fascinating, timely. Delves into the psychological challenges of the game''\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Bracingly honest''\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57317050188158,"sku":"NW9780241401446","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780241401446.jpg?v=1778720616","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/alastair-cook-the-autobiography","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}