DianaWarne biography panned
September 8th 2006 20:45
Shane Warne’s new biography by Paul Barry took a bit of a pasting by Gideon Haigh in the Observer Sport Monthly at the weekend. According to the review, Barry falls victim to sensationalism and pointing out the bleeding obvious. Utilising apparently dubious sources ('one of Shane’s mates at Channel 9'), Barry gets excited about the rumour Warney has slept with 1000 women. Has he really? I keep forgetting that back home cricket does retain some glamour and chick-magnetism. Over here, aside from Kevin Pieterson dating some drippy floozy from a girl band and Andrew Flintoff’s wife, cricket remains not a sport the prospective WAG looks towards.
Haigh also points out that Barry spouts such inanities as ‘what made the Australians so hard to beat was that they always put their opponents under so much pressure’. Wow. Such dazzling insight assures you that Australian sports journalism is in good hands. A better job remains to be done on the old boy, it seems. I’m guessing the definitive tome will be done by the man himself.
Haigh also points out that Barry spouts such inanities as ‘what made the Australians so hard to beat was that they always put their opponents under so much pressure’. Wow. Such dazzling insight assures you that Australian sports journalism is in good hands. A better job remains to be done on the old boy, it seems. I’m guessing the definitive tome will be done by the man himself.
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