Cycling to the Ashes A Cricketing Odyssey from London to Brisbane

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Publisher's Synopsis

One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos …

Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India.

Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone who's ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.

Book information

ISBN: 9780224091886
Publisher: Random House
Imprint: Yellow Jersey Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 796.358092
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: xvi, 364
Weight: 274g
Height: 198mm
Width: 147mm
Spine width: 24mm