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The Ashes

The Ashes

by Ken Piesse
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 25/07/2007
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Australia v England.The Legendary urn. Grace, Bradman, Warne, Bodyline and the World Series breakaway . . . The touchstones of the Ashes loom large in the consciousness of two proud and competitive nations. This book joins the dots in a comprehensive account of the Ashes tests, from their informal beginnings in the 1860s to the already legendary Australian 5-0 reclamtion of 2007. The Ashes reviews each decade with a feast of lively anecdotes and fascinating eyewitness accounts, highlighting legends of the game from Hobbs to Lillee, as well as those unfortunately (or best) forgotten. Packed with argument-busting statistics and handsomely illustrated, this definitive volume tracks the development of cricket's ultimate contest from a money-making exercise to one of the world's most enduring and feisty sporting rivalries.

ISBN:
9781742282541
9781742282541
Category:
Cricket
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
25-07-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Random House Australia
Ken Piesse

Ken Piesse has had a lifetime in sports journalism as a writer, author, commentator and publisher. He specialises on cricket and Australian Rules football – all but one of his 72 published books being on his two favourite games.

If you like sport, you're likely to have at least one of Ken Piesse’s books on your bookshelves at home. His books have sold in the tens of thousands worldwide.

Ken first worked in Melbourne newspapers in 1973 for The Age before joining the Sporting Globe as chief cricket and football writer and the Sunday Observer as sports editor.

His awards and decorations include the Victorian Cricket Association’s Media Award (1995) for a two-part series on Shane Warne, and Cricket Victoria’s Television Award (2002) for the Best Feature Story (on Cameron White). He again won the major VCA media award in 2013 for a feature on one-Test Australian player and former teammate Bryce McGain.

Ken is the president of the Australian Cricket Society

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