Book description
The Ashes, the symbol of cricket supremacy between England and
Australia, is the game's oldest and fiercest rivalry, still hot to the
touch after a century and a quarter. The Book of Ashes
Anecdotes collects hundreds of the best stories from more than 260
publications to create the fullest, fieriest and funniest account of
these two nations divided by a common game.
In 2005, and after 16 long years, England's cricketers regained the
fabled urn in a series that fascinated and gripped cricket fans as
never before. The drama of this contest raised ancitipation about the
2006-07 series to record levels, and Ashes Anecdotes provides
an unrivalled collection of the highlights of this celebrated tournament.
The book includes a foreword by David Frith and extracts from the
best cricket writers of the past 124 years. Featured here are the
giants of the game, the most memorable Ashes matches, gamesmanship,
Bodyline, tales of travel, cricket fever and fan fanaticism, luck and
superstition in the game, selection and sledging. It's a book no
cricket fan should be without.
Historian, writer and cricket-lover Gideon Haigh has been writing
about sport and business for more than 22 years. His best-known books
are
Mystery Spinner
,
The Big Ship
,
The Summer Game
,
Game for Anything
and
The Ashes 2005
.
