Crazy (eBook)

My Road to Redemption

Chris Lewis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2017 | 1. Auflage
208 Seiten
The History Press (Verlag)
978-0-7509-8325-9 (ISBN)

Infos

'In that split second, perhaps the first sobering thoughts I have had in months become so obvious and apparent, and when that officer returns after having checked the cans and found cocaine I know that, from that moment, everything is going to change.' 'Crazy' Chris Lewis played in thirty-two Test Matches and fifty-three One-Day Internationals for England. At one point he was regarded as one of the best all-round cricketers the country has ever produced. However, feeling at odds with the middle-class nature of the sport, he regularly courted controversy off the field - and the tabloids happily lapped it up. His naming of England players involved in a match-fixing scandal led to his early retirement at the age of just 30. After this, he withdrew from the limelight until, in 2008, he was arrested for importing cocaine from the Caribbean and sentenced to thirteen years in prison. From his arrival in England from Guyana with his parents, through his colourful cricketing career, his arrest and subsequent trial, his time in prison and how he finally put his life back together, here Lewis recounts his remarkable, redemptive story.

CHRIS LEWIS, former England cricketer, now spends his time coaching children at Harrow Town Cricket Club, playing cricket with Lashings, which takes his beloved sport to cricket clubs up and down the country, and sharing his amazing story. In 'An Evening with Chris Lewis', the audience get close and Chris throws it open to the floor, showing his willingness to engage with his past, and his hope of making a difference.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.9.2017
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
• Schlagworte: all rounder • Arrest • Autobiography • Caribbean • chris lewis • Cocaine • cocaine dealer • County Cricket • Cricket • cricket, autobiography, cricketer, county cricket, sport, chris lewis, all rounder, cricketing all rounder, match fixing, match fixing in cricket, cricket match fixing, cocaine dealer, guyana, england cricket, caribbean, leicestershire county cricket, county cricket, england cricket, ecb • cricket, autobiography, cricketer, county cricket, sport, chris lewis, all rounder, cricketing all rounder, match fixing, match fixing in cricket, cricket match fixing, cocaine dealer, guyana, england cricket, caribbean, leicestershire county cricket, county cricket, england cricket, ecb, test match • cricketer • cricketing all rounder • cricket match fixing • drug smuggler • drug smuggling • ECB • England Cricket • Guyana • leicestershire county cricket • match fixing • match fixing in cricket • my road to redemption • nottinghamshire county cricket, surret county cricket, drug smuggling, drug smuggler • nottinghamshire county cricket, surret county cricket, drug smuggling, drug smuggler, test matches, prison, arrest, trial, my road to redemption, cocaine • Prison • Sport • surret county cricket • test matches • test match|nottinghamshire county cricket • Trial
• ISBN-10: 0-7509-8325-6 / 0750983256
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7509-8325-9 / 9780750983259