Books READ by cricketers?

[AlanJLegend]

This thread is not about books written by cricketers, or books about cricket as such.

I was wondering if anybody has heard anywhere which books (if any) successful captains and accomplished players have read and attributed some of their success to? Lately I have been doing a lot of reading on the topics of goal setting, leadership etc and find it really interesting.

Thanks

 

[sledger]

I heard the below left a lasting impression on Ajmal:

 

[Spikey]

 

[Esperance]

i heard ian botham wrote a book.

 

[Howe_zat]

Stuart MacGill read 24 novels on a tour of Pakistan. Cricinfo describes this fact as 'played down'.

 

[harsh.ag]

Ed Cowan reads a lot. He liked Peter Roebuck and Ed Smith's Dairy books. He thought they were a refreshing change from the usual cricketing books which were getting "samey".

 

[stumpski]

Ed Cowan reads a lot. He liked Peter Roebuck and Ed Smith's Dairy books. He thought they were a refreshing change from the usual cricketing books which were getting "samey".

They have rather milked that topic now though, tbf.

You don't often hear about cricketers reading cricket books, and I suspect most that they do are recent autobiographies, Hard to believe that modern players bother with Arlott, Cardus, Frith etc although you sometimes hear one citing Brearley's Art of Captaincy.

 

[stumpski]

Alec Stewart owns every edition of Wisden for his playing career (1981-2003). His mother told me that!

 

[Agent Nationaux]

Which book do you are reading for cricketers?

I am going to be reading "The Art of Cheating" by Salim Malik to all the Pakistani players.