Although I have recommended many books on this blog over the years, I have never, as far as I can remember, included among those recommendations anything by Lee Child or J.K. Rowling. There is a first time for everything.
In conjunction with charity Room to Read, the ICC asked one player from each team at the World Cup for their favourite book. These were the results:
Shane Watson (Australia) - Open by Andre Agassi
Tamim Iqbal (Bangladesh) - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by JK Rowling
Zubin Sukari (Canada) - Life by Keith Richards
Luke Wright (England) - Goosebump Series by R L Stine
Virat Kohli (India) - Open by Andre Agassi
Ed Joyce (Ireland) - 1984 by George Orwell
Steve Tikolo (Kenya) - Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
Peter Borren (Holland) - Night Train to Lisbon by Pascal Mercier
Kane Williamson (New Zealand) - Jack Reacher Series by Lee Child
Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - Fazail-E-Amaal by Muhammad Zakariya Kandhlawi
Wayne Parnell (South Africa) - The Stand by Stephen King
Sulieman Benn (West Indies) - Supercat: The Authorised Biography of Clive Lloyd by Simon Lister
Graeme Cremer (Zimbabwe) – It’s Not About The Bike by Lance Armstrong
The most startling thing about all this is not that Tamim Iqbal’s favourite read is a children’s book. The most startling thing is that Steve Tikolo is still playing for Kenya.
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