Description:For more than a century England and Australia have done battle on the cricket pitch - and since 1882 have fought for the Ashes. This confrontation has always been one of the sport's most compelling spectacles, producing many of the game's finest captains. This is the story of all 78 who have led their country in England-Australia Tests.In The Ashes Captains, Gerry Cotter describes the eccentrics and the aristocrats, the gentleman and the players, the geniuses and the forgotten men, who make up the 34 Australian an 44 English captains. From Lilywhite and Gregory to Border and Gatting - taking in the Bradmans, Brearleys and Chappells - the author profiles each captain, supporting the analysis with statistics for every Ashes series and a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the teams they lead.Fully illustrated both with black and white photographs - including one of every captain- and with superb colour action shots, The Ashes Captains is an invaluable pictorial record of 110 years of England-Australia Tests.[from the book dust jacket]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Ashes Captains. To get started finding The Ashes Captains, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Description: For more than a century England and Australia have done battle on the cricket pitch - and since 1882 have fought for the Ashes. This confrontation has always been one of the sport's most compelling spectacles, producing many of the game's finest captains. This is the story of all 78 who have led their country in England-Australia Tests.In The Ashes Captains, Gerry Cotter describes the eccentrics and the aristocrats, the gentleman and the players, the geniuses and the forgotten men, who make up the 34 Australian an 44 English captains. From Lilywhite and Gregory to Border and Gatting - taking in the Bradmans, Brearleys and Chappells - the author profiles each captain, supporting the analysis with statistics for every Ashes series and a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the teams they lead.Fully illustrated both with black and white photographs - including one of every captain- and with superb colour action shots, The Ashes Captains is an invaluable pictorial record of 110 years of England-Australia Tests.[from the book dust jacket]We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Ashes Captains. To get started finding The Ashes Captains, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.