On Warne

Shane Warne, the man of a thousand international wickets, dominated cricket on the field and off for almost thirty years. Gideon Haigh - arguably the world's greatest cricket writer - reflects on one of cricket's greatest stars, including a new introduction written days after his untimely death.
Shane Warne dominated cricket on the field and off for almost thirty years - his skill, his fame, his personality, his misadventures. His death in March 2022 rocked Australians, even those who could not tell a leg-break from a leg-pull. But what was it like to watch Warne at his long peak, the man of a thousand international wickets, the incarnation of Aussie audacity and cheek?
Gideon Haigh saw it all, still can't quite believe it, but wanted to find a way to explain it. In this classic appreciation of Australian cricket's greatest figure, who doubled as the nation's best-known man, Haigh relieves the highs, the lows, the fun and the follies. The result is a new way of looking at Warne, at sport and at Australia.
Winner- 2013 Jack Pollard Literary Award (Australian Cricket Society), & the 2013 UK Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year

'A superb portrait of the most brilliant cricketer of his generation.'
Mike Atherton
'The Bradman of cricket writing spins us a yarn with deftness, skill and intrigue.'
Sunday Telegraph (UK)
'You get the feeling that Haigh understands Warne's mastery better than Warne himself.'
Waleed Aly, The Monthly
'Brilliantly incisive but also affectionate... Packed with insight and interpretation.'
Peter Pierce, Weekend Australian
'Gideon Haigh's slim, elegant book On Warne has its own kind of confidence . . . Haigh is an excellent essayist.' New Statesman
'Haigh writes as poetically as Warne bowled . . . simply irresistible. A fabulous read.' Universal's Summer Cricket Tour Guide 2012-13