Botham's Book Of The Ashes

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: MAINSTREAM PUBLISHING
Publisher Place: Edinburgh
Publisher Year: 2010
Edition: First Edition

Description: 237 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: "Sir Ian Botham and the Ashes are as closely intertwined as willow and leather or Merv Hughes and his moustache. You simply cannot think of one without the other. In this book, Sir Ian takes you on a ride through a lifetime s relationship with cricket s oldest and most treasured prize, revealing just how it has shaped his life and how he has helped to shape it into the contest it is today. From the moment he first watched the likes of Ken Barrington stride to the wicket in jaw-jutting defiance, to the day he flayed Australia s bowling attack around Headingley as if playing with his mates in the park, and then onwards to his role in describing what was arguably the finest series of the lot in 2005, Sir Ian has a rich and varied connection with the Ashes and he tells all here. The Ashes is a series that has provided incredible highs and heartbreaking lows for English and Australian fans alike and over the past 35 years, and Sir Ian has often been at the centre of the roller-coaster ride. Whether it is the story of his days as England s dogsbody in 1974 in Melbourne or the refusal to let Bob Willis bowl down wind until he was angry enough to skittle the Aussies in 1981, they are

ISBN: 9781845964917