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'An entertaining, timely and irreverent trip through the history of the Ashes' Sunday Times.
'rollicking good fun' Observer.
'A history of the Ashes with more spice than you will find in a curry-house kitchen' Daily Telegraph.
'This irreverent and very funny guide to the Ashes contains all the juicy stuff you won't find in the official publications' Mail on Sunday.
'A rip-roaring journey through 124 years of Ashes history' Daily Telegraph.
'rollicking good fun' Observer.
'A history of the Ashes with more spice than you will find in a curry-house kitchen' Daily Telegraph.
'This irreverent and very funny guide to the Ashes contains all the juicy stuff you won't find in the official publications' Mail on Sunday.
'A rip-roaring journey through 124 years of Ashes history' Daily Telegraph.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I really loved this book. It gives the whole history of the Ashes, but rather than concentrating on dull statistics it tells the human stories of the great conflicts and players from the whole of Ashes history. Far too many cricket books are worthy and dull, but this one really brought the passion of Ashes cricket to life. The perfect book to accompany this years Ashes. Highly recommened whether you have been into cricket for years, or if you only starting watching last summer.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As befits a journalist on a British quality newspaper, Briggs' narrative exudes authority. The book is presented in a manner that is a welcome antidote to the often overly dense nature of texts on cricket and although it is essentially structured chronologically, the use of pictures and different fonts help to make this a work that will appeal to all readers, not just for those who like to think of cricket as a branch of science in its own right.
Some of the anecdotes are extremely funny - in this dismal time for English cricket, at least Fred Trueman flies the flag for England by consistently proving himself the funniest man in the history of the Ashes - but occasionally Briggs lets his guard slip by lauding a particular comment disproportionately, such as the 'building an idiot' quip levelled by an Australian fan at Phil Tufnell. Certainly not the original jibe that Briggs suggests.
This may be pedantic, but as the England team found in the 2006/07, embrace complacency at your peril!
Some of the anecdotes are extremely funny - in this dismal time for English cricket, at least Fred Trueman flies the flag for England by consistently proving himself the funniest man in the history of the Ashes - but occasionally Briggs lets his guard slip by lauding a particular comment disproportionately, such as the 'building an idiot' quip levelled by an Australian fan at Phil Tufnell. Certainly not the original jibe that Briggs suggests.
This may be pedantic, but as the England team found in the 2006/07, embrace complacency at your peril!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For English fans out there the recent and ongoing Ashes series must be wearing you down. 4 tests in, 4-0 down and the last test was as comprehensive as they come.
This beautifully bound and well thought out book is refreshing after the avalanche of poorly written and hastily rushed out efforts following the 2005 Ashes series. I'd rank it up there alongside Gideon Haigh's excellent offering that clearly stood out from the pack, winning Wisden's coveted cricket book of the year award.
The anecdotes delight; whilst you'd have thought there was little ground left to cover (on the topic of sledging), there were many tales here I had never heard of before. It leaves you with a far greater sense of the history of the Ashes in a more personal sense.
As an afterthought, it is printed on high quality paper and has a satisfying 'weight' when you pick it up - it's hard to beat a well bound book!
This beautifully bound and well thought out book is refreshing after the avalanche of poorly written and hastily rushed out efforts following the 2005 Ashes series. I'd rank it up there alongside Gideon Haigh's excellent offering that clearly stood out from the pack, winning Wisden's coveted cricket book of the year award.
The anecdotes delight; whilst you'd have thought there was little ground left to cover (on the topic of sledging), there were many tales here I had never heard of before. It leaves you with a far greater sense of the history of the Ashes in a more personal sense.
As an afterthought, it is printed on high quality paper and has a satisfying 'weight' when you pick it up - it's hard to beat a well bound book!
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Not bad
As others have commented I've come across many of these "quotes" before. Other examples of sledging were new to me and quite entertaining and it was interesting to see that abuse... Read more
Published 16 months ago by RB
Sport can be funny
A very amusing book. Given some of the comments you wonder how the batsmen simply didn't fall about laughing or the bowler hurl the ball at his head in frustration. Read more
Published on 11 Sep 2009 by Mr Pickwick
Gets the right balance between humour and history
Fans of proper cricket writing (as opposed to readers of books which treat pro-cricket as one long pub crawl) may be put off by the jokey sub-title and cover og this tome. Read more
Published on 8 Mar 2009 by Caterkiller
Not just sledging...
When I thought that "Penguins Stopped Play" topped my personal list of most enjoyable and humorous cricket books, this one came along... Read more
Published on 29 Jan 2007 by Maneblusser 7
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