- Hardcover: 608 pages
- Publisher: A&C Black (1 May 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1408109832
- ISBN-13: 978-1408109830
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 16.4 x 5.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 289,039 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"There's a fair few books on the ashes, as you might expect, but surely you've got to plump for A&C Black's Wisden offering for its genuine authority."
--The Bookseller
'The nice people at Wisden have scoured the archives for reports of all Ashes Tests and, for cricket nuts, it makes fascinating reading.'
--Evening Gazette (December 2009)
--The Bookseller
'The nice people at Wisden have scoured the archives for reports of all Ashes Tests and, for cricket nuts, it makes fascinating reading.'
--Evening Gazette (December 2009)
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' This engrossing book stirs up great memories of past battles and whets the appetite for what is to come '
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I bought the Kindle version of this magnificent historical record of The Ashes. I am sure the paper edition will be a heavy volume and thought the book would be well suited to the simple (and much lighter) format of a Kindle. Although I have read little of this Wisden edition, so far, it is true to the Wisden format and, because it catalogues The Ashes series can be either a continuous read, or a reference piece.
Format:Hardcover
Purchased for my father in law as a present. He loved it!
Wonderfully detailed - a must for all cricket fans and stato's.
Wonderfully detailed - a must for all cricket fans and stato's.
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Format:Hardcover
Now for me this is, a great sporting history. From their first match in 1877, to the mock obituary five years later when a young journalist. Reginald shirley brooks, wrote for the Sporting Times.
These famous words "In affectionate rememberance of English Cricket, which died at the oval on 29th august 1882 deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and aqaintances R.I.P N.B.-The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to australia". This was the first test match england had lost to aussies on home soil.
Two things happened apart from the defeat, one man had a heart attack another chewed through his umbrella handle. There have been (incuding the 2009 ashes series) 321 matches played, australia holds the lead by a distance.
This wisden addition by steven lynch records the first 316 matches, a job that most people would find a tough undertaking. Of course had history been different, i would have been writing about England and the americans fighting this great competition.
And instead of Donald Bradman we would have been chatting about John Barton king "bart king" for his exploits with the bat and ball, but alas that was never a possability in conclusion if you like cricket this is the book for you highly recommended
These famous words "In affectionate rememberance of English Cricket, which died at the oval on 29th august 1882 deeply lamented by a large circle of sorrowing friends and aqaintances R.I.P N.B.-The body will be cremated and the ashes taken to australia". This was the first test match england had lost to aussies on home soil.
Two things happened apart from the defeat, one man had a heart attack another chewed through his umbrella handle. There have been (incuding the 2009 ashes series) 321 matches played, australia holds the lead by a distance.
This wisden addition by steven lynch records the first 316 matches, a job that most people would find a tough undertaking. Of course had history been different, i would have been writing about England and the americans fighting this great competition.
And instead of Donald Bradman we would have been chatting about John Barton king "bart king" for his exploits with the bat and ball, but alas that was never a possability in conclusion if you like cricket this is the book for you highly recommended
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