Ashes To Ashes - The Story Of The Back-to-back Series Of 2013-14

Product Description

Details: For the first time since the mid-1970s, England & Australia faced each other home & away in back-to-back series in the summer & winter of 2013. Under prolific captain Alastair Cook, England went into the Ashes on the back of three unbeaten series, including a first win in India for more than 25 years. By contrast, Michael Clarke's Australia arrived in England with an inexperienced side, changing their coach just weeks before the Ashes started. No wonder England started as strong favourites. & so it proved, as England won the home series by a 3-0 margin
- their biggest Ashes win since the 1970s. But there were signs of an Australian revival in their defeat, & when England arrived Down Under, they found an entire nation ready to make things different, as the underdogs fought back. Suddenly, Australia were the better side in every aspect of the game, & they won back the Ashes after three consecutive crushing victories. Watching on as events unfolded was award-winning cricket writer Gideon Haigh. With great insight & skill, he reveals the key moments of both series, analysing the personalities of the players & how they coped with the most pressurised & high-profile cricketing contest of them all: the Ashes. No other book on the subject comes close to this one in getting to the heart of the matter. Ideal for: All cricket fans, especially those who enjoy the Ashes series. This hardback book has 301 pages & measures: 22.2 x 14 x 2.6cm