So much of Steven Finn's story is wrapped up in Ashes cricket, from his first trip to Australia in 2010-11 through to playing a major hand in regaining the urn for England in 2015. Already one of the game's best pundits in retirement, this book, written with occasional TFW host Matt Roller, is drawn from diary entries taken at the time and comes up beautifully. A top guest.
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