Ian Botham vividly describes the triumphs, achievements and the setbacks of a remarkable career.

He charts his development from a promising youngster to the world's greatest all-rounder. Strike bowler, fearsome batsman, instinctive fielder - there was a time when, like King Arthur, he seemed forever destined to save England in its hour of greatest need. Indeed, it often seemed the only stories bigger than his cricketing exploits concerned his supposed antics around the world.

Ian Botham's autobiography is a frank, hugely entertaining testimony to that rarest of modern phenomena - a genuine hero.