Cricketer’s favourite reads
Cricketers have contributed to Room to Read’s campaign to promote children’s education.
Want to know what your cricket stars love to read? Well, cricketers have revealed their favourite books as part of a campaign run by International Cricket Council (ICC) and Room to Read, an international non-profit organisation, to promote literacy and access to books at the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. Here’s what tops the cricketer’s reading list:
Shane Watson (Australia) - Open by Andre Agassi: “Andre Agassi describes his thoughts and feelings going through his mind so unbelievably well.”
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by JK Rowling: “It was such an engaging tale that I was reading it day and night.”
Zubin Surkari (Canada) - Life by Keith Richards: “This book was a great look into the life of someone society has labelled as rebel or trouble maker."
Luke Wright (England) - Goosebump Series by R L Stine: “The books follow kids dealing with monsters, ghosts and strange goings on.”
Virat Kohli (India) - Open by Andre Agassi: “At no point does the author try to project himself as a ‘superhuman.”
Ed Joyce (Ireland) - 1984 by George Orwell: “I first read it when I was about 14 and I can’t remember loving reading something so much.”
Steve Tikolo (Kenya) - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela: “When I read the book I was deeply moved and learn a lot of lessons in life.”
Peter Borren (Netherlands) - Night train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier: “Whilst reading it, one cannot help but question one’s own life.”
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) - Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child: “I used to read these books at school and have recently got back into it.”
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - Fazail-E-Amaal by Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi: “It’s about the simple life of Prophet Hazrat Muhammad who spent his whole life serving humanity.”
Wayne Parnell (South Africa) - The Stand by Stephen King: “I fell in love with his books because when I was younger, my mother and I would watch movies that recreated his books.”
Angelo Mathews (Sri Lanka) - Talent Is Never Enough by John Maxwell: “Maxwell has identified 13 choices that we need to make to maximise our talent which I found to be very enlightening.”
Sulieman Benn (West Indies) - Supercat: The Authorised Biography of Clive Lloyd: “Reading about Clive Lloyd provided me with a good idea of what it means to represent the West Indies and what playing for the West Indies means to the people.”
Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe) - It’s Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong: “I like this book because I found it inspirational. I read it about a year ago. It is a sports autobiography so I found it particularly relevant to me and my career to see how another sportman overcame the difficulties he faced in the sporting arena.”
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