| #6179435 in Books | 2011-04-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.00 x1.10 x5.00l,.99 | File type: PDF | 256 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| it was that bad|By Scott D. James|I read the book, hoping to find something good about the thrashing the poms gave us.
The summer was bad as I remembered, from picking a player the selectors hadn't bowel, to the by rote press conferences.
Gideon sums up how hopeless the summer was in his usual thoughtful style||'Cricket-lovers who know Gideon Haigh's work will need no convincing: those who don't will find this an ideal place to start. What makes Haigh so good? One reason is that he not only tells us what happened, he explains what it meant, where it fits into cricket
Most people gave England a modest chance of success. Some, like Glenn McGrath, insisted that history would repeat itself and Australia would administer another 5-0 whitewash. What no one anticipated was that the 2010-11 Ashes Tests would see one of the most complete performances ever by an England touring side, the first Ashes victory on Australian soil for 24 years, with, uniquely, three innings victories. It was ...
You easily download any file type for your device.Ashes 2011: England's Record-Breaking Series Victory | Gideon Haigh. Which are the reasons I like to read books. Great story by a great author.
