Publisher's Synopsis
The Ashes, symbol of cricket supremacy between England and Australia, is the games 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 two hundred and sixty publications to create the fullest, fieriest and funniest account of these two nations divided by a common game. The book includes a foreword by David Frith and extracts from the best cricket writers of the past one hundred and twenty-four years. Featured here are the giants of the game, the most memorable Ashes matches, Bodyline, tales of travel, cricket fever and fan fanaticism, luck and superstition, selection and sledging. Its a book no cricket fan should be without.
