遗产 入围 2024 年英国体育图书奖年度板球图书奖 Legacy

基本信息

Format:Hardback 320 pages

Publisher:Atlantic Books

Imprint:Atlantic Books

Edition:Main

ISBN:9781838958251

Published:6 Jul 2023

Weight:556g

Dimensions:162 x 241 x 33 (mm)

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书籍简介

★入围 2024 年英国体育图书奖年度板球图书

★本书由阿拉斯泰尔·库克作前言

谁曾像板球运动员一样充满希望？

尼克·康普顿拥有令人难以置信的体育血统。他的祖父丹尼斯·康普顿是一位名副其实的金童，曾为英格兰队打板球，为阿森纳队踢足球。

尼克在英国的一所精英寄宿学校接受过磨练，他的上镜形象非常适合现代媒体环境，他似乎拥有一种罕见的能力，能够大步前进，面对世界上快速的投球手，在飞速飞来的新球的危险区生存和成长。

然而，任何领域的伟大都是有代价的，这本扣人心弦​​的回忆录探讨了他为了确保那段时间与阿拉斯泰尔·库克、凯文·皮特森和本·斯托克斯等伟大球员一起成为英格兰队的关键成员而做出的几乎“浮士德式的约定”。它将展示“板球女主人”对尼克的要求。他抛弃了家人，在个人和职业上都失败了，他为了保持好状态而导致身心疲惫。

*SHORTLISTED for Cricket Book of the Year at The British Sports Book Awards 2024*

FOREWORD BY ALASTAIR COOK

Who ever hoped like a cricketer?

Nick Compton has an incredible sporting ancestry. A literal golden boy, his grandfather Denis Compton played cricket for England and football for Arsenal.

Honed at an elite English boarding school, with a telegenic profile perfectly suited to the modern media environment, Nick appeared to be blessed with that rare ability to be able to stride out and face down the world's quickest bowlers, to survive and thrive in the danger zone of the hurtling new ball.

However, greatness in any field comes at a price and this gripping memoir explores the almost 'Faustian pact' he made in order to secure that time in the sun as a key member of an England team alongside such greats as Alastair Cook, Kevin Pietersen and Ben Stokes. It will show what ' Cricket' demanded from Nick as his side of that bargain. The family he left behind, the failed relationships both personal and professional and the utter physical and mental exhaustion which resulted from his drive to stay at the top.

作者简介

尼克·康普顿是一位出生于南非的英国前板球测试赛和板球运动员，近期效力于米德尔塞克斯郡板球俱乐部。他是丹尼斯·康普顿的孙子，曾代表英格兰参加了 16 场板球测试赛，打进两个世纪。

康普顿是一名右手击球手和偶尔的右臂旋转投球手，他已成为米德尔塞克斯郡和萨默塞特郡板球赛的稳定得分手，在经历了一个多产的国内赛季后，他于 2012 年 11 月对阵印度的比赛中亮相英格兰板球测试赛。2013 年 4 月，《威斯登板球年鉴》将康​​普顿评为五位威斯登年度板球运动员之一。

康普顿于 2018 年退役，现在是一名职业摄影师和广播员。

Nick Compton is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton, he represented England in 16 Test matches, scoring two centuries.

A right-handed top order batsman and occasional right-arm off spin bowler, Compton established himself as a consistent scorer in county cricket for Middlesex and Somerset, and, following a prolific domestic season, he made his England Test debut against India in November 2012. In April 2013, the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack named Compton as one of their five Wisden Cricketers of the Year.

Compton retired in 2018 and is now a professional photographer and broadcaster.