Jonathan trott autobiography of a flea market

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 internationa