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Gentlemen and Sledgers
Af: Rob Smyth
Engelsk Hardback
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From the celebrated mock obituary following England''s first-ever defeat by Australia on home soil in 1882, to the on-pitch insults (or ''sledges'') of today, Ashes cricket has spawned nearly as many memorable quotes as it has balls bowled and runs scored.

GENTLEMEN AND SLEDGERS charts the ebb and flow of Anglo-Australian cricketing fortunes across 131 years and 314 matches by telling the stories behind 100 memorable Ashes quotations. From fast bowler Jeff Thomson''s classic ''I enjoy hitting a batsman more than getting him out. I like to see blood on the pitch'' in 1975, to Michael Clark''s notorious advice to Jimmy Anderson to ''get ready for a f****** broken arm'' in 2013, the quotations embrace quips, insults, examples of the dark art of sledging – and even the occasional considered cricketing judgement.

Evoking memorable moments and matches as well as highs and lows in the careers of Australia and England''s greatest players, GENTLEMEN AND SLEDGERS is an informal, freewheeling, discursive and entertainingly opinionated history of the Ashes.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781784080808
Indbinding:
Hardback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1784080802
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Udg. Dato:
21 maj 2015
Længde:
38mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
224mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
21 maj 2015
Forfatter(e):
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