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Autobiography
Strictly Me
Mark Ramprakash
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Mark Ramprakash is arguably the greatest English batsmen of his generation, but he is also an enigma. He is among an elite group of players who have score one hundred first-class centuries, yet never flourished as he should have done at Test level. To many people in the UK, he is just as well know for his exploits on the dance floor: he won Strictly Come Dancing in 2006 and went on to win the Champion of Champions final in 2008 for Sport Relief.
Prior to his re-emergence in Strictly Come Dancing, Ramprakash the cricket was cast as a tortured soul, and the media spotlight followed him relentlessly as his international career fluctuated between ecstatic highs and intense lows. He was dropped by England ten times during a fifty-two Test career, even though he averaged 42 against the best team in the world, Australia.
In Strictly Me, Ramprakash discusses in detail all of the aspects of his cricket career - from the hot-headed cricketing prodigy who made his Test debut for England at the age of 21 to finally being cast aside by his country in 2002. He also reveals the inside story behind his emergence as one of the UK's best celebrity dancers and how his new-found status as a media personality has flourished since then.

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