Full Description
The Official MCC Story of the Ashes is the perfect way to celebrate cricket's most fiercely contested series. As well as giving a running history of the series, special features are interspersed, highlighting some of the legends from each team, the controversies and the media. This latest edition, published in the lead-up to the 2017-18 Ashes series, includes a feature on the 2015 series in England which ended 3-2 to the hosts, but only after some nerve-shredding moments. From the late 19th century, England and Australia have met twice every four years and since 1882, the prize for the series winners has been a tiny urn, purportedly containing the ashes of a bail burned after England had lost at The Oval.
Contents
The Golden Age * The Birth of the Rivalry * 1882Remembrance * England win by the Grace of W.G. * England Trumped * Between the Wars * Early Superstars * The First Whitewash and After * The Bradman Era Begins * Bodyline Controversy * Peace, War, Peace * Don Bradman: The Finest Batsman Ever * On the Air * The Rivalry renewed * England Fight Back * Jim Laker's Manchester Miracle * Drawing Crowds * Spreading the Word * Coming of the Television Age * A Changing of the Guard * Lillee 'n' Thomson * An Unequal Struggle * The Ashes are not at Stake * Botham's Ashes * The Baggy Green Supreme * Feast Before Famine * It Could Have been Worse ... But Not Much * Shane Warne: The Great Man * No Respite in Sight * Overseas Tours * The Lion Bites Back * The Greatest Series Ever * Revenge is Sweet * England Bounce Back * England's Pomp * England's Triple Crown * A New Era? * Greenwash Debacle * A Close Run Thing * Statistical Appendix.
