Mind the Windows The Life and Times of Tino Best

Fiery West Indies cricketer Tino Best lived life in the fast lane—on and off the pitch. He will go down as one of the quickest bowlers ever to have played the game, consistently exceeding 90 mph in an 11-year international career in which he roughed up—and got out—the best in the business. And if he played hard on the pitch, he played just as hard off it. Best lived the playboy lifestyle, sleeping with more than 400 girls, including 48 in one tour of Australia! He reveals all about his fierce battle with Sachin Tendulkar in the Indian great's last ever Test, the dressing-room problems damaging the West Indies, and his antics in the bedroom. In the middle, Best was never short of a word or two. He took his first Test wicket after giving Graham Thorpe an earful, he went nose-to-nose with Pakistan star Shoaib Malik in one heated exchange, and later had to be separated from fighting Kieron Pollard in a hotel lift. He even dished out the verbals while batting: sledging the English bowlers during his record-breaking innings for a number 11 of 95 at Lord's. Mind the Windows includes a foreword from Andrew Flintoff, the man who famously sledged him, while celebrity cricket fan Piers Morgan, legendary umpire Dickie Bird and former international captains Adam Hollioake and Darren Sammy have all written tributes.

Tino Best will go down in cricketing history as one of the quickest bowlers to have ever played the game. Consistently exceeding 90 mph, roughed up and dismissed the best in the world during an 11-year international career with the West Indies. Jack Wilson started his writing career aged just 14, slumming it on non-league terraces watching some questionable soccer for a local newspaper. After graduating with first-class honors in sport journalism from the University of Brighton, Jack is now the online sports news editor at the Daily Star.