Monty's Turn - Monty Panesar

Why why oh why? is the question i find asking myself every time i see this book knocking about my room. Monty clearly has talent and he is obviously a big character within English cricket. It is also fair to say that he will be part of the game for a long time to come. But what exactly has he done to justify writing a book. It is not just Monty however, there seems to be a trend within English sports men to get a book on the shelves as quickly as anything nowadays. These people have not actually achieved anything, and Monty is a prime example of this. I see it as utter arrogance that these people think that people are going to choose to read about their lives. Who really ...

..."Well Mr. Flintoff, Bangra dancing is like changing a light bulb with one hand and tapping your tiny brothers head with the other"... That was Monty Panasar's vivid and comic description of his particular music taste to his new and intrigued team England mates in the Nagpur dressing room for his test debut, the gauche looking Sikh hoping to fit in quickly when he got that surprise call up to tour India, becoming the forth most famous Sikh in England behind those three Manchester United season ticket holders that stand next to Alex Ferguson's dug-out for the Champions League games. Armed with plenty of self deprecating humor and a humble ...