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"Insightful, thoughtful, and altogether wonderful." DANIEL COYLE, New York Times bestselling author of THE TALENT CODE"This book is a must read." EDDIE JONES, Head Coach, England Rugby"An engrossing guidebook for youth athletes, parents, coaches and perhaps even fantasy-league fans looking for a little insight." The Washington PostTHE SECRETS OF SUPERHUMAN PERFORMANCETHE BEST reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, serendipity, practice, genetics and the psychology of excellence, as well as of sports science and cutting edge technology.Packed with gripping personal stories and exclusive interviews with top athletes including Siya Kolisi, Marcus Rashford, Pete Sampras, Steph Curry, Jamie Carragher, Ian Poulter, Helen Glover, Ada Hegerberg, Elena Delle Donne, Joey Votto and Mike Hussey, it explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under extreme pressure.Get inside the minds of champions and understand first-hand what makes them perform during high-octane competition, what they think about in the heat of the moment and what drives them to do what they do.By combining examples from numerous original interviews with top athletes and leading sports science research, THE BEST deconstructs superhuman performance and answers the question on every sports fan''s mind: "How did they do that?""Fascinating and insightful... The Best isn''t a one size fits all, it''s a highly thought out, well-researched and accessible book that gives recommendations based on context and sport." JOANNE O''RIORDAN, The Irish TimesABOUT THE AUTHORSA. Mark Williams is an academic and one of the world''s leading authorities on expertise and its acquisition in sport. He has published 18 books and written over 500 scientific articles on how people become skilled and achieve success in sport and across other professional domains. He has worked across the globe as a consultant with numerous Olympic and professional sports and has vast experience as a scientist, author and educator, and as an applied sports scientist.Tim Wigmore is the author of Cricket 2.0: Inside the T20 Revolution, the winner of the Wisden Book of the Year award for 2020. He is a sports writer for The Daily Telegraph, and has also written regularly for The New York Times, The Economist, the New Statesman and ESPNCricinfo. He is a former winner of the Young Cricket Journalist of the Year award and has been shortlisted for the Cricket Writer of the Year award.

WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED 2025''Wonderfully wide-focused, unfailingly readable and laced with passages of insightful analysis, Tim Wigmore''s history of test cricket is a true tour de force.'' David Kynaston''Much more than simply a history of Test cricket, this is a colourful, modern take on the sport''s most treasured format. I''ve commentated on over 400 Tests and learned so much from this wonderful book. Wigmore lays bare the challenges Test cricket faces and the fight required to preserve it.'' Jonathan Agnew, BBC Test Match Special''Hugely informative and enjoyable - a fantastic achievement. A must-read for all cricket lovers.'' - Peter Frankopan''Excellent'' Mike Atherton''A vibrant, global history of the oldest form of cricket. Told across decades and vast spans of geography, using history, memoir, stats, science and the voices of greats living and gone, it is destined to be a classic . . . Monumental.'' The HinduThe first narrative history of Test cricket.Test cricket is on the cusp of its 150th anniversary. For the first time, Test Cricket: A History tells the full, gripping story of the players and stories that have shaped the game''s evolution since 1877.Award-winning author Tim Wigmore brings to life both Test cricket on the pitch and the game''s social significance around the world. This captivating tour is illuminated by dozens of exclusive interviews with the game''s greatest players, including Sachin Tendulkar, Pat Cummins, Michael Holding, Muthiah Muralidaran, Kevin Pietersen, Ian Chappell, Dale Steyn and Rahul Dravid.From Bodyline to Bazball, the golden age to the rise of West Indies, and Shane Warne to Ian Botham, readers will come to appreciate Test cricket''s remarkable history like never before.