What now? - Phil Tufnell

The enfant terrible of English cricket is ready to reveal the incidents in his career, both on and off the field, which have ensured that he has been headline front page as well as back page news.

The 'Cat' has never been far from controversy. The man once described by West Indies Test batsman, Everton Weekes, as "an oik of the worst sort", has certainly had his share of scrapes.

As a youth he was thrown out of both public and comprehensive school; his first mariage - to an ex-prostitute - ended in violence, and the father of a former girlfriend once hit him over the head with a brick; there have been bust-ups with officialdom on and off the pitch; and Tufnell has been the subject of numerous drugs allegations, especially on the 1996/97 England tour of New Zealand.

But when the force is with him, as it was when he spun England to victory over Australia at The Oval in the final Ashes Test of the summer series of 1997, Tufnell is capable of the kind of cricketing excellence which unites all in admiration of his talent.

In his autobiography, he reflects on his chequered career in the game, and how at each new dawn the establishment have undermined his game - from the years of Gooch's captaincy, to the recent times of Mike Atherton. Tufnell also offers his opinion on the current regime, headed by Alec Stewart, which he has so far viewed from the sidelines.

Several of the best cricketing minds have been unable to fathom what makes Tufnell tick - but it is only in this book that the man himself can provide the real answers.