Description
This superb anthology showcases 100 years of peerless writing on the Ashes from The Cricketer magazine. Insightful new contributions from today's best cricket writers including Gideon Haigh, Simon Hughes and Huw Turbervill sit alongside vintage reports, features and comment pieces from greats including Pelham 'Plum' Warner, EW Swanton and Christopher Martin-Jenkins.
Relive the brilliance of Don Bradman, Harold Larwood, Jim Laker, Geoffrey Boycott, Ian Botham, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Andrew Flintoff and others in this fresh new take on the giants of the game. Featuring Simon Hughes' ultimate Ashes XI, Gideon Haigh's five greatest series and lively detours into the controversies and scandals which have defined sport's greatest contest, this definitive history from the world's foremost cricket magazine is as colourful as the Ashes themselves.
About the Author
Huw Turbervill has been writing on cricket for the Sunday Telegraph since 2000 and the Daily Telegraph since 2007. He has also written for the Wisden Cricketer magazine, the Evening Standard, the Daily Mail, the Express and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.
Reviews
Splendid...There is some great writing here, some great nostalgia, and plenty to keep you entertained on a cold winter's night. Above all, it is a timely reminder of the history and heritage of cricket's greatest rivalry. * Yorkshire Post *
Book Information
ISBN 9781760630744
Author Huw Turbervill
Format Hardback
Page Count 368
Imprint Allen & Unwin
Publisher Allen & Unwin
Weight(grams) 780g
Dimensions(mm) 242mm * 160mm * 35mm
