TIMES ON THE ASHES: Covering Sport's Greatest Rivalry

Whitehead has worked in newspapers for nearly 40 years, 21 of them in a variety of senior roles on The Times and he also writes obituaries for Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. This book showcases great batsmen like Bradman, Ponting, Gower, Trumper, Boycott and Greg Chappell, and the great bowlers Trueman, Warne, Larwood, Lillee, Underwood, McGrath and Anderson, along with the great captains such as Brearley, Ian Chappell, Vaughan, Armstrong, Jardine, Steve Waugh and Len Hutton. England against Australia for the Ashes is one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in sport, and almost its entire history has been covered in The Times. The whole story is here, from Shane Warne's ball of the century in 1993 to Gilbert Jessop's power hitting at The Oval in 1902, from the infamous Bodyline Tour of 1932-33, to England's surrender to the pace of Lillee and Thomson in 1974-75; from Len Hutton's Coronation-year triumph in 1953 to the long years of defeat before the Ashes were finally recaptured in 2005. Here are all the highs and lows and featuring some of the greatest writers in the history of the sport. Extremely well illustrated throughout with newspaper clippings, archive photos, front pages, and the work of the finest newspaper photographers and correspondents including Richard 'Beau' Vincent 1930-51 and Christopher Martin-Jenkins 1999-2008 among them. Paperback, 384pp, 15.6 x 23.4cm.