Under the Southern Cross : the heroics and heartbreak of the Ashes in Australia / Andrew Ramsey and Cricket Australia.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, N.S.W. : HarperCollins Publishers Australia, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 237 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781460755129Subject(s): Test matches (Cricket) | Test matches (Cricket) -- Australia -- History | Test matches (Cricket) -- England -- History | Cricket players -- Australia | Cricket players -- England | Cricket storiesSummary: This illustrated history celebrates the greatest moments of the Ashes in Australia: from Bannerman's first fending of Shaw's opening delivery in 1877, to Cowdrey's courageous defence in the face of Thomson's fastbowling almost 100 years later; from Lord Harris's near-encounter with a young Banjo Paterson, to Maclagan's all-round superiority in the inaugural Women's Ashes; and from Trumble's unsurpassed dual hat-trick at the turn of the century, to Warne's own hat-trick, bowling eyes closed, before the dawn of a new one. These are the moments where history was made, and spawn the yarns that will endure when all else has turned to ashes.
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This illustrated history celebrates the greatest moments of the Ashes in Australia: from Bannerman's first fending of Shaw's opening delivery in 1877, to Cowdrey's courageous defence in the face of Thomson's fastbowling almost 100 years later; from Lord Harris's near-encounter with a young Banjo Paterson, to Maclagan's all-round superiority in the inaugural Women's Ashes; and from Trumble's unsurpassed dual hat-trick at the turn of the century, to Warne's own hat-trick, bowling eyes closed, before the dawn of a new one. These are the moments where history was made, and spawn the yarns that will endure when all else has turned to ashes.
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