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Controversially Yours: An Autobiography
By: Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Akhtar has been one of the most colourful characters in the history of cricket. He is the fastest bowler in the world, who set an official world record by achieving the fastest delivery when he clocked in at 161.3 km/ph (100.2 mph) twice in the same match. Having taken more than 400 wickets in international cricket, he is a phenomenal cricketer too.
 

Tagged as being undisciplined, Akhtar's career has been plagued by injuries, controversies and accusations of poor attitude. Here he tells his side of the story. The early years of deprivation, the relentless self-imposed discipline, the way he played both on the cricket grounds and outside. His is also the inside story of Pakistan cricket, no holds barred: the strange ways of the cricket board, the hierarchies and manipulations and, above all, the magic of the game itself.
 

The tell-all autobiography by the controversial Pakistani cricketer. Shoaib Akhtar has been one of the most colourful personalities in world cricket, both on and off the field, and the book is as colourful and controversial
This autobiography is the inside story, from his stint as a cricketer to match-fixing and ball tampering to the intrigues of the Pakistan cricket board.