Sultan
A Memoir

First off, the transliteration and copy editing/fact checking of this book really needed a more deft hand. Akhbaar-e-Watan is written as Akbari-e-Watan, ‘The Cricketer’ is constantly called ‘Pakistan Cricketer’. Landa Bazaar is, kind of hilariously, written as Lambda Bazaar. We are told they used so......more

Gideon Haigh tries to add literary heft to the story of Wasim Akram who is in the mood for some lethal reverse swing. It is no surprise that a book covering Pakistani cricket shines bright when it focuses on the dark spots of match fixing and intra-team bickering. The ace cricketer gets the "Gandhia......more

Remarkable story, well told. The book really shines when Akram lets loose - delivering reverse-swinging yorkers, revealing the internal working of the Pakistani cricket team, and the politics that came to define its' last few decades. His open admission of his addiction struggles and regrets of not......more

It is a good book but not a great autobiography. He has played it safe in the book by sharing things which are in public domain or common knowledge. It is interesting enough to hold interest but not deep enough to keep you feeing wow He could have shared more about his relationship with internationa......more

Phenomenal. So easy to read, i started it on Saturday and had it finished by the next afternoon. Extremely well written, very detailed and we'll researched, and surprisingly and disarmingly honest. The book charts a history of cricket overall, with significant events in Pakistan and the world also b......more