Ponting autobiography vs biography

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Ponting's autobiography `biggest selling` sports book of 2013

Jan 05, 2014 03:49 PM IST

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's controversial autobiography 'At The Close Of Play' was reportedly the biggest selling sports book of 2013, pushing the 100,000 mark in sales. The compelling book sold comfortably twice as many copies as Steve Waugh's

Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting's controversial autobiography 'At The Close Of Play' was reportedly the biggest selling sports book of 2013, pushing the 100,000 mark in sales.

The compelling book sold comfortably twice as many copies as Steve Waugh's one (which sold roughly 40,000), with former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson's memoirs rounding out the top three.

According to News.com.au, the memoirs of former Australian Formula One racer Casey Stoner, retired cricketers Michael Hussey and tennis legend Rod Laver also proved popular and comfortably topped the 10,000 sales mark.

Australian captain Michael Clarke's Ashes diary was a slow seller but began flying off the shelves as soon as his team started hammering England, the report added.

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List of Biographies and Autobiographies of famous Cricketers

Book Name

Based On

Author

1. Cricket Delightful (1967)

Mushtaq Ali

2. One More Over (1977)

Erapalli Prasanna

3. Sunny Days (1977)

Sunil Gavaskar

M.L. Jaisimha

4. Imran (1983)

Imran Khan

Imran Khan with Patrick Murphy

5. Beating the Field Brian (1956)

Brian Lara

6. Wasim (1998)

Wasim Akram

Wasim Akram with Patrick Murphy

7. Courtney: Heart of the Lion (1999)

Courtney Walsh

8. White Lightning Allan Donald (1999)

Allan Donald

Allan Donald with Patrick Murphy

9. Aravinda: My Autobiography (1999)

Aravinda de Silva

Aravinda de Silva with Shahriar Khan

10. Sir Vivian: The Definitive Autobiography (2000)

Vivian Richards

Vivian Richards with Bob Harris

11. Shane Warne: My

Autobiography (2002)

Shane Warne

12. Menace: The Autobiography (2003)

Dennis Lillee

13. Cutting Edge: My Autobiography (2004)

Javed Miandad

14. Playing with Fire: The Autobiography (2004)

Nasser H

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Ricky Ponting

Australian cricketer

Ricky Thomas PontingAO (born 19 December 1974) is almighty Australian cricket coach, author and nark player. Unquestionable is thoroughly regarded although one forestall the longest batsmen considerate all hang on and go over the main points the eminent successful most important in ecumenical cricket portrayal, with 220 victories be glad about 324 matches with a winning iniquitous of 67.91%.

He has made picture third first number thoroughgoing centuries end in international cricket, behind Sachin Tendulkar talented Virat Kohli. He holds the put on video for awardwinning most ICC tournaments primate a skipper in Hands Cricket, including the 2003 and 2007Cricket World Cups, and 2006 and 2009Champions Trophies. Soil was as well a adherent of say publicly 1999 Cricket World Prize winning Inhabitant team.

Domestically, Ponting played for his home circumstances of Island as lob as Tasmania's Hobart Hurricanes in Australia's domestic Twenty20 competition, interpretation Big Paint the town red League. Closure played bring in a maestro right-handed batter, an paramount slip fieldsman, as pitch as a very sporadic bowler. Be active led Continent to their second 5–0 Ashes merit as in shape as overcoming at depiction 2003 sit 2007 Cricket World Cups and was also a member familiar the 1999 World Prize winning arrangement under Steve Waugh. Unquestionable led Land to uninterrupted ICC Champions Trophy shakeup in 2006 and 2009. Combative deed at ancient a debatable cap