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I like George Dobell's writing so thought I would try this book despite a general aversion towards sports autobiographies, as the worst that could happen was that it would be a readable but fairly dull book.

The USP was the background to Trott's exit from the Ashes and later, his test career.

He was honest about when he felt he should have spoken up more, and when he felt his coach hadn't made the optimal decision. However, there wasn't really much to say on the issue itself, and it wasn't something that dogged him throughout his career. Presumably deliberately, details on the matches themselves were few and far between. Part of this was Trott's attitude, focusing on each ball as it comes and not so much the bigger picture, but it also meant that aside from dismissals in Brisbane and the West Indies, you were never in the middle with him - there was much more insight into the dressing room than what it is like to be playing international cricket.

I don't feel this is an exaggeration, and there was a caption on the photograph plates about Dale Steyn that had much more detail than there was in the book itself.

Contributions from Pietersen, Strauss, Cook, Giles and Flower gave good insights from another perspective, but again, this was more discussion of dressing room attitudes and discussions. It also led to slightly bizarre editorial choices where a contribution from Cook or Strauss would take up a page on a slightly related topic, then the next paragraph as Trott would continue as though there was no interruption, requiring me to look back at what he was writing about.

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The other aspect to the book was a defense of his place in the one day side despite an unremarkable strike rate - a reasoning that was backed up in a more recent book I've read that stated rule changes have been a major force behind increased scoring rates. It also put a new perspective on arrogance - Trott was accused of being too self-confident and arrogant at Warwickshire and it is slightly strange for a consistent but unspectacular player to have that accusation levelled at them.

Despite those contributions from others and at times fairly candid admissions, the book was still fairly short.

Innings lists are boring but a bit more of the cricket itself could have been included, or even discussion of opposition players. Late on he suggests he could be a more analytical media figure rather than a controversial pundit, but he didn't waste those insights in his autobiography. In the end, it was a readable but fairly dull book.