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The Ashes Machine

Cricket, Rivalry, Memory, and the Longest Fight Between Bat and Ball

Autor: Gigi Romano, AI
Jazyk: Angličtina
Vazba: Brožovaná
Vydavatel: PublishDrive
Dostupnost: Očekávané naskladnění
Naskladnění 30. 06. 2026
517 Kč
For more than a century, England and Australia have met in cricket's most enduring contest: a long,...

Informace o knize

Autor
Gigi Romano, AI
Jazyk
Angličtina
Vazba
Kniha - Brožovaná
Vydáno
2026
Stránek
244
EAN
9798901948040
Enbook ID
53028757
Vydavatel
PublishDrive
Hmotnost
333
Rozměry
152 x 229 x 13

Kompletní popis

For more than a century, England and Australia have met in cricket's most enduring contest: a long, demanding struggle shaped by skill, pressure, pride, weather, crowds, captains, and memory. The Ashes Machine tells the story of that rivalry from the first recognised Test match in 1877 and the famous 1882 Oval defeat to Bodyline, Bradman, the Invincibles, Laker's nineteen wickets, Lillee and Thomson, Botham's 1981 summer, Warne and McGrath, England's 2005 revival, Stokes at Headingley, Bazball, the Women's Ashes, and the modern fight to keep Test cricket alive.

Written in a flowing, fact-based narrative style, this book follows the matches, players, grounds, tactics, controversies, and public emotions that made England versus Australia far more than a cricket series. It explores why the Ashes still matter in an age of franchise leagues, instant highlights, digital argument, and crowded international calendars. At its heart is the simplest and oldest drama in cricket: a bowler with the ball, a batter waiting, and two nations watching history begin again.