Easier Said Than Done

From Mumbai and Lahore to the Highveld of the Transvaal and in his native Wales, Alan Wilkins is internationally known and admired as an accomplished sports broadcaster. Growing up as a talented young cricketer in 1970s Cardiff, Alan dreamt of a life in sport and yearned to travel the world but, as he reveals in Easier Said Than Done, he could never have imagined he would realise his dream via a microphone and television camera rather than with a bat and a ball.

With great humility and humour, Alan Wilkins tells the fascinating story of how he swapped the life of a sports teacher for a career as a professional cricketer with Glamorgan and Gloucestershire – taking over 370 wickets and playing in the 1977 Gillette Cup final – and how it was brought to a devastating end in 1983 by a debilitating shoulder injury.

Determined that his Life in Sport would not end after his enforced retirement from cricket, Alan vividly describes how, with determination and enthusiasm, he embarked on a new and successful career in sports broadcasting which has seen him commentate on many of the world's greatest sporting occasions – from Wimbledon to The Masters and from the Rugby World Cup to the Indian Premier League and Pakistan Super League – and how he has forged lifelong friendships with many legends of the sporting world.

Millions of sports fans know Alan Wilkins the broadcaster but now, with Easier Said Than Done, they can get to know the man behind the microphone, and the absorbing story of his Life in Sport.

De la Mumbai si Lahore pana la Highveld of Transvaal si in Tara sa natala, Alan Wilkins este cunoscut si admirat la nivel international ca un radiodifuzor sportiv realizat. Crescand ca un tanar cricketer talentat in Cardiff din anii 1970, Alan a visat la o viata in sport si a dorit sa calatoreasca prin lume, dar, asa cum arata in Easier Said Than Done, nu si-ar fi putut imagina niciodata ca isi va realiza visul prin microfon si televizor. Cu o mare smerenie si umor, Alan Wilkins spune povestea fascinanta a modului in care a schimbat viata unui profesor de sport pentru o cariera de cricketer profesionist cu Glamorgan si Gloucestershire - preluand peste 370 de pachete si jucand in finala Cupei Gillette din 1977 - si cum a fost adus la capat devastator in 1983 de o vatamare debilitanta la umar. Determinat ca Viata in sport nu se va incheia dupa retragerea fortata din cricket, Alan descrie in mod viu cum, cu hotarare si entuziasm, a inceput o cariera noua si de succes in domeniul difuzarii sportive, care l-a vazut comentand multe dintre cele mai mari ocazii sportive din lume - de la Wimbledon la The Masters si de la Rugb y Cupa Mondiala catre Premier League indiana si Super League Pakistan - si modul in care si-a legat prietenii pe tot parcursul vietii cu multe legende ale lumii sportive. Milioane de fani ai sportului il cunosc pe Alan Wilkins difuzatorul, dar acum, cu Easier Said Than Done, pot ajunge la cunoasteti omul din spatele microfonului si povestea absorbanta a vietii sale in sport.