I've read heaps.

 Many biographies and autobiographies turn out boring after they commence their FC career.

I'm currently reading The Wrong Un : Brad Hogg.

This is still interest in this after he commenced his  FC and International career. He was never sure of himself and his ability.

It has also been interesting to see how he developed in a career through playing bush cricket, not pursuing the Cricket Academy pathway everybody else has  undertaken in the current epoch.

Unlike other cricketers of this  era, like Ponting and Langer, he has had to work for a living too.









A great book was The Reasons Why : Bob Simpson.

He mainly talks about  coaching  an Aussie team when there were at their lowest  ebb, and,  improving the team.

Simpson  describes how certain payers like Wayne Phillips and Greg Ritchie, weren't prepared to do the work he required, so  he terminated their careers. Conversely, David Boon and Geoff Marsh had a great work ethic to improve their game.

Shane Warne -  Paul Barry

Warne was furious Barry wrote the book and wouldn't help him! Everybody Warne told not to talk to Barry did. Barry has a dry sense of humour that highlights Warne's traits as a famous person who thinks he can do anything he likes, particularly having affairs with women whilst he was married.

This book was very entertaining and funny.

Brad Hogg/The Wrong Un, is one of the most interesting cricket autobiographies I've read.

He retired prematurely to a save a marriage he never wanted in the first place, and, his first  wife didn't  like him playing cricket for a living and didn't attend games. The marriage failed anyway.

Then he met another woman, Cheryl, who  encouraged   him to keep playing cricket. He ended up with a career resurgence.  

I don't think he made a lot of money compared to his megastar teammates. He didn't pursue the norm of Cricket Academy either. He always had to work, initially in manual jobs. All the time he was a cricketer he was  studying accountancy.

I admire Hogg. Must read his autobiography. Great name The Wrong Un.

Having now read the entire book, it is one of the most interesting autobiographies I've read about a cricketer.