Summary of Shane Warne's No Spin

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

Book Preview: #1 I announced my retirement from international cricket on 21 December 2006, almost exactly 15 years after first appearing for Australia against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. I was done, physically and mentally, and had the feeling that I’d run out of arse anyway. I knew there would be sadness.

#2 I was first at the ground on Boxing Day morning 2006, before the rest of the team. I was nervous, and felt uneasy. I was excited to be bowling in my last Test match, and I thought about how I had enjoyed the past 17 years of first-class cricket.

#3 I was extremely nervous before the toss, but I was excited too. I was told that the person who wrote the script had done a good job. I began to bowl, and I felt that both batsmen were surprised by the spin. I felt that I could get them out eventually.

#4 I loved the challenge of bowling the England team, as I knew I could never get them out. I was able to block out everything else and focus on what had to be done in that moment. I was able to switch on and off, and I felt everything happened slowly and clearly.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669364191

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Insights on Shane Warne's No Spin

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 21

Insights from Chapter 22

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I announced my retirement from international cricket on 21 December 2006, almost exactly 15 years after first appearing for Australia against India at the Sydney Cricket Ground. I was done, physically and mentally, and had the feeling that I’d run out of arse anyway. I knew there would be sadness.

#2

I was first at the ground on Boxing Day morning 2006, before the rest of the team. I was nervous, and felt uneasy. I was excited to be bowling in my last Test match, and I thought about how I had enjoyed the past 17 years of first-class cricket.

#3

I was extremely nervous before the toss, but I was excited too. I was told that the person who wrote the script had done a good job. I began to bowl, and I felt that both batsmen were surprised by the spin. I felt that I could get them out eventually.

#4

I loved the challenge of bowling the England team, as I knew I could never get them out. I was able to block out everything else and focus on what had to be done in that moment. I was able to switch on and off, and I felt everything happened slowly and clearly.

#5

I have often thought my life has been like The Truman Show. I turned from boy into man on people’s televisions, and as a result, I've achieved things that have brought smiles and happiness.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

Mum is one of the funniest people I know. She has the best shit detector I know. She was born in 1946 in Germany, and her father was a Polish refugee who worked his nuts off on a cabbage farm outside Wesselburen. They escaped to Australia in 1949.

#2

Joey had a gift as a runner. She had trained quietly when the opportunity arose and began to surprise people in competitive races. She had missed her moment and never ran competitively again.

#3

The immigrant families were hardworking, and they never gave in. They had good manners, and they kept a clean slate. They were positive and uncomplaining people.

#4

My mother, Trish, was a very special person. She was a strong parent with a keen eye for detail, and she never interfered with my career or affairs. She only encouraged me and helped me when things got tough.

#5

My father, Keith, is another hero of mine. He has a tough story to tell. His own father, Malcolm, was born in Condobolin, a town with a strong Indigenous background in the middle of New South Wales. He was brought up on the hard side of the track by his great-grandfather, Norman.

#6

Dad was working at a gas station when he met Brigitte Szczepiak. They were married three years later, on Mum’s 21st birthday.

#7

My father, Keith, and my uncle, Brigitte, got married in 1968. They rented a unit on St Kilda Road, lived the high life for six months, and then suddenly realized they weren’t saving a