The Ashes
Jul 2007 · Penguin Group Australia
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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.
About the author
Ken Piesse has had a love affair with cricket since first accompanying his dad to the Melbourne Cricket Ground and scoring the old Sheffield Shield games. He was truly hooked by the time Santa brought him a copy of the 1965 Wisden one Christmas.
A radio commentator and feature journalist for Fox Sports' popular Inside Cricket, Ken is also the author of nearly thirty books on the sport, including Cricket's Colosseum: 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG, TJ Over the Top and All Out for One, a compendium of his best interviews and anecdotes from the past thirty years. He edited Cricketer and Australian Cricket magazines for twenty-five years, and has won many Cricket Victoria media awards for writing, radio and his TV work. He is the president of the Australian Cricket Society.
As a player, Ken once dismissed Bob Hawke in a match at the MCG, prompting the Prime Minister to respond that it was the first time he'd been caught out by a journalist in twenty-five years. He also had David Hookes caught on the fence at the MCG one day, but says Hookesy was hitting into a howling gale and there was no such thing as roped-off boundaries back then.
In 2009, he is publishing (with Penguin) the Extraordinary Book of Australian Cricket (out August), tall tales and true from all levels of the game. Recently, he, too, he wrote The Greatest Game: Timeless tales from the greats of Aussie Rules and The Ashes: a celebration of cricket's greatest rivalry (both published by Penguin).
A radio commentator and feature journalist for Fox Sports' popular Inside Cricket, Ken is also the author of nearly thirty books on the sport, including Cricket's Colosseum: 125 Years of Test Cricket at the MCG, TJ Over the Top and All Out for One, a compendium of his best interviews and anecdotes from the past thirty years. He edited Cricketer and Australian Cricket magazines for twenty-five years, and has won many Cricket Victoria media awards for writing, radio and his TV work. He is the president of the Australian Cricket Society.
As a player, Ken once dismissed Bob Hawke in a match at the MCG, prompting the Prime Minister to respond that it was the first time he'd been caught out by a journalist in twenty-five years. He also had David Hookes caught on the fence at the MCG one day, but says Hookesy was hitting into a howling gale and there was no such thing as roped-off boundaries back then.
In 2009, he is publishing (with Penguin) the Extraordinary Book of Australian Cricket (out August), tall tales and true from all levels of the game. Recently, he, too, he wrote The Greatest Game: Timeless tales from the greats of Aussie Rules and The Ashes: a celebration of cricket's greatest rivalry (both published by Penguin).
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