Gideon Haigh's Australian Cricket Anecdotes

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Sunning to top foredges. Dust jacket has wear to corner which are now protected with book tape. Interior and binding are still very good.

Gideon Haigh has compiled a highly readable and enjoyable collection of anecdotes about Australian cricket from its evolution in the mid-19th century to the era of Mark Taylor and Shane Warne. Haigh brings to this volume an impressive knowledge of cricket literature.

Virtually every Test series is covered in at least one anecdote. Some of them - Bodyline, the Invincibles tour of 1948, and Ian Chappell's impressive young 1972 team - receive extensive treatment, as the key controversies and personalities unfold in informative, entertaining detail.

Anecdotes about all the legendary personalities of cricket are included, along with some pen portraits and snapshots.