In the Firing Line
Diary of a Season
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Publisher Description
Ed Cowan, opening left-hand batsman for Tasmania, has always been a bit of a scribbler. It started with to-do lists and notes to self, but then he started keeping a cricket diary – a ‘batting bible’ with thoughts on the game, other players, motivational philosophies and records of performances. The diary has become so much a part of his routine that he admits to being a little upset if he can’t see it in his cricket bag. Other cricketers have found the habit a little odd. But for Cowan it’s been a way of keeping an uncluttered head and making sense of the game. In the Firing Line, based on the diary Cowan kept while playing his second season for Tasmania over the summer of 2010-11, reveals with intelligence and a touch of humour the excruciatingly shaky position of the domestic cricket player. It’s far from the glamour of playing for Australia and uncomfortably close to the long drop to amateurism, yet every match is rife with the possibility of being discovered and propelled into international stardom in the baggy green.
Customer Reviews
Enjoyable read
I thoroughly enjoyed this insight into the life of a professional cricketer. The emotion of the highs and lows came across well. Now he has made his test debut will there be another diary.
Great Pre-Season Read
A great insight into the thoughts of a professional cricketer (batsman). Provocative and inspiring, in that it has had me analysing and extending my cricketing life. Ready for another season!
Awesome
Great book and really allows you inside a pro cricketers mind day in and day out.. Loved it, couldn't put it down