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Following on: A Year with English Cricket´s Golden Boys
David Tossell
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Description for Following on: A Year with English Cricket´s Golden Boys
Hardback. Following On tells the stories of 14 English cricket World Cup winners - in 1998, as Under-19s, they had tasted global triumph - against the exciting, lucrative cricketing landscape 11 years later. Now the Ashes, World Twenty20 and Indian Premier League beckoned. But where was the 'golden generation' of English cricket? Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
Following On tells the stories of 14 English cricket World Cup winners - in 1998, as Under-19s, they had tasted global triumph - against the exciting, lucrative landscape at the end of cricket's first decade of the millennium. Now the Ashes, World Twenty20 and Indian Premier League beckoned. But where was the 'golden generation' who, 11 years before, had become the only male England cricket team to win a global trophy? Graeme Swann and Owais Shah began 2009 in pursuit of England ambitions. Robert Key and new Twenty20 hero Graham Napier awaited their country's call, while others worried about the ... Read more
Following On tells the stories of 14 English cricket World Cup winners - in 1998, as Under-19s, they had tasted global triumph - against the exciting, lucrative landscape at the end of cricket's first decade of the millennium. Now the Ashes, World Twenty20 and Indian Premier League beckoned. But where was the 'golden generation' who, 11 years before, had become the only male England cricket team to win a global trophy? Graeme Swann and Owais Shah began 2009 in pursuit of England ambitions. Robert Key and new Twenty20 hero Graham Napier awaited their country's call, while others worried about the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Worthing, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848187047
SKU
V9781848187047
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-5
About David Tossell
David Tossell is the author of ten books, four of which have been shortlisted in the British Sports Book Awards: Bertie Mee (best biography), Grovel! and Tony Greig (best cricket book), and Nobody Beats Us (best rugby book). A sports journalist for more than three decades, David is currently head of European Public Affairs for the NFL.
Reviews for Following on: A Year with English Cricket´s Golden Boys
A gem of a book. - Michael Atherton, The Times
- Terrific research that I hope is going to start an important debate. - Matthew Engel (Financial Times), on Radio 4
- Poignant and true. This is an excellent book about people and their paths. It's well written and it cares about its subjects. - ... Read more
- Terrific research that I hope is going to start an important debate. - Matthew Engel (Financial Times), on Radio 4
- Poignant and true. This is an excellent book about people and their paths. It's well written and it cares about its subjects. - ... Read more