Strictly Me My Life Under the Spotlight

Mark Ramprakash is arguably the greatest English batsman of his generation, but he is also an enigma. Ramprakash is among an elite group of players who have scored 100 first-class centuries, yet has never flourished as he should have done at Test level. To many people in the UK, he is just as well-known for exploits on the dancefloor: he won Strictly Come Dancing in 2006 and went on to win the Champions of Champions final in 2008 for Sport Relief. As he says, 'The experience of winning Strictly Come Dancing surpasses any Test century I have scored in my career.' In Strictly Me, Rampakash's discusses the circumstances behind his emergence as one of the UK's best celebrity dancers, as well as a whole new media career. He covers in detail all aspects of his cricket career - from the hot-headed cricketing prodigy who made his Test debut for England at the age of 21, to finally being cast aside by his country in 2002, even though in the 2006 and 2007 seasons his batting average for Surrey was over 100. R

Mark Ramprakash played cricket for England and won BBC 1's Strictly Come Dancing.