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Rob Smyth

Gentlemen and Sledgers

A History of the Ashes in 100 Quotations

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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**… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-1-78408-079-2
  • EAN: 9781784080792
  • Produktnummer: 19599186
  • Verlag: Head of Zeus
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 288 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 37'818 KB

Über den Autor


Rob Smyth is a Guardian and Telegraph sports journalist and the author of The Spirit of Cricket: What Makes Cricket the Greatest Game on Earth, and the co-author of Danish Dynamite: The Story of Football's Greatest Cult Team.

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