Great Ashes Battles - Hardcover

Whimpress, Bernard; Hart, Nigel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0233001816 ISBN 13: 9780233001814

Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd, 2006

Synopsis

The Greatest Ashes Battles celebrates 17 of the most gripping Test matches played in the 138 years of Anglo-Australian cricket rivalry, spanning the period from the inaugural Test at Melbourne in 1877 to England's astonishing victory at Edgbaston in 2015. These great Tests have been selected to achieve a balance in period, place and outcome; all characterized by fluctuating fortunes, epic performances, close finishes and absorbing sub-plots on and off the field. The structure of the book is chronological, and the matches are set within the context of Anglo-Australian Test cricket history. In addition to providing incisive match reports and full match scorecards, the book discusses all the crucial issues such as national versus regional loyalties in both countries, professionalism and amateurism, player dissent, cronyism, selection and captaincy debates, uncovered pitches, slow over rates and intimidatory bowling.

About this title

Synopsis:

"Great Ashes Battles" describes thirteen of the most gripping and controversial Anglo-Australian test matches played since 1877, including two from the nail-biting 2005 series in England. These great matches are selected to achieve a balance in period, place and outcome, and are all characterised by their fluctuating fortunes, epic performances, close finishes and absorbing subplots on and off the field. The structure of the book is chronological, and the matches are set within the context of Anglo-Australian test cricket history. In addition to providing incisive match reports and full match scorecards, the book discusses all the crucial issues such as national versus regional loyalties in both countries, professionalism and amateurism, player dissent, cronyism, selection and captaincy debates, uncovered pitches, slow over rates and intimidatory bowling.

About the Author:

Bernard Whimpress is an historian and curator of the Adelaide Oval Museum. He has published and edited the Australian cricket journal Baggy Green since 1998 and lives in South Australia. The late Nigel Hart was a university administrator and lecturer in communications.

About this edition

• Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0233001816
• ISBN 13: 9780233001814
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320