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Freddie Trueman is one of the world`s great sporting legends. The fastest bowler of his - and indeed subsequent - generations, Trueman is still today one of our best-loved cricketers. This riveting autobiography is his story, from his Yorkshire boyhood in the Depression to international cricketing glory. It`s packed with gloriously funny and refreshingly blunt tales of the life of the junior professional in a 1950s English county cricket team, of lugging the entire team`s kit from match to match when a journey across country could easily take a whole day, to Test glory in the 1960s both at home and abroad. It takes in the commentary box, Test Match Special, Johnners and Bloers and chocolate cake and, finally, Trueman`s trenchant views on today`s international cricket circus: throwing vs bowling, the media frenzy surrounding top sportsmen and women and the nature of modern cricket.
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Freddie Trueman, was born on 6 February 1931, at Scotch Springs in the village of Stainton, Yorkshire. As a teenager, he joined the Sheffield Cricket Club and quickly advanced to play for his county, making his Yorkshire debut at Cambridge University in May 1949 at the age of 18. He played his first game for England against India in 1952 and in his England career went on to take 307 Test wickets, scored nigh on 1,000 runs and held 64 catches. His career record of 2,304 first class wickets remains a record for a fast bowler. In addition to enjoying a phenomenally successful career as a player, he was a member of BBC radio's Test Match Special team from 1974 until 2000, and is renowned as one of the most humorous and brilliantly entertaining speakers on the after-dinner circuit. Freddie Trueman lives in the Yorkshire Dales and Spain with his wife Veronica.
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