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Edging Towards Darkness: The Story of the Last Timeless Test
John Lazenby
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Description for Edging Towards Darkness: The Story of the Last Timeless Test
Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2 x 8 page colour sections. BIC Classification: 3JJG; WSBX; WSJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Cricket matches didn't always top out at five days, regardless of a result or not - they used to be `timeless', with play continuing until one team won, no matter how many days that took. The last of these - which took place in Durban in 1939, in a series pitched against the backdrop of impending war - is now universally acknowledged as 'the timeless Test'. Weighing in at a prodigious ten days - the match stretched from 3-14 March 1939, and allowed for two rest days, while one day's play (the eighth) was lost entirely ... Read more
Cricket matches didn't always top out at five days, regardless of a result or not - they used to be `timeless', with play continuing until one team won, no matter how many days that took. The last of these - which took place in Durban in 1939, in a series pitched against the backdrop of impending war - is now universally acknowledged as 'the timeless Test'. Weighing in at a prodigious ten days - the match stretched from 3-14 March 1939, and allowed for two rest days, while one day's play (the eighth) was lost entirely ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781472941305
SKU
V9781472941305
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About John Lazenby
John Lazenby has since 1997 worked as a freelance journalist on national newspapers including The Times, the Sunday Times, the Guardian, the Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Telegraph and as a sports broadcaster for both radio and television. His first book, Test of Time: Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend was longlisted for the William Hill Prize, and his ... Read more
Reviews for Edging Towards Darkness: The Story of the Last Timeless Test
Almost 80 years on, Lazenby has... meticulously researched... [and] carefully reconstructed the story of one of the game's most notorious Test matches and a tour that was played beneath the gathering clouds of World War II.
ESPN Cricinfo
Lazenby's skilful writing has produced a serious contender for book of the year... What are you waiting for? Buy a ... Read more
ESPN Cricinfo
Lazenby's skilful writing has produced a serious contender for book of the year... What are you waiting for? Buy a ... Read more