Price: £9.89
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Tuffers' Cricket Tales Stories to get you excited for the Ashes. Paperback /softback. By Phil Tufnell.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9780755362929
Price: £10.99
Brand: Headline Publishing Group
Description: Brush up on your cricket knowledge of the Ashes with a hilarious and alternative guide to cricket's most fiercely contested series. In this laugh-out-loud follow up to the Sunday Times bestseller Tuffers' Cricket Tales, ex-England cricketer, TV personality and Test Match Special commentator Phil Tufnell offers his unique take on the whole Ashes experience. Drawing on incidents from his own colourful career and the reminiscences of great English and Aussie cricket characters, both past and present, Tuffers highlights all the elements that make for a truly memorable Ashes series, on and off the pitch. Heroic performances, personal 'Cat-astrophes', bonkers selections, cultural clashes between Poms and Ockers, slanderous sledges, dubious tactics, odd superstitions, touring high-jinx and nail-biting finishes are all on the agenda as he delves into the 131-year history of a unique sporting institution. Along the way, Tuffers, who played in five Ashes series without ever getting close to laying his hands on the famous urn, aims to discover the key to winning what is the ultimate prize for any English or Australian cricketer Shot through with his love and knowledge of cricket, Tuffers' Alternative Guide to the Ashes is written with the characteristic cheeky charm which made Phil Tufnell a firm favourite of England's Barmy Army (and a target for good-natured abuse from fans Down Under). Raves for Tuffers' Cricket Tales: 'Hilarious' (Daily Star Sunday); 'Amusing' (All Out Cricket) Five star reader reviews for Tuffers' Alternative Guide to the Ashes:' An excellent book. The words come to life in pictures. A great read'A light, non-demanding, entertaining read - I definitely recommend this book whether you're into cricket or not. I found myself giggling out loud!'I enjoyed stories about old time cricketers that I recall from the 60s 70s and 80s especially. Very suitable for dipping in and out of.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9780755362950
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9780755362950
Price: £9.89
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Tuffers' Cricket Tales. Paperback. By Phil Tufnell, Justyn Barnes.
Category: Books
Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9780755362929
Price: £9.89
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Tuffers' Cricket Hall of Fame. Paperback. By Phil Tufnell, Justyn Barnes.
Category: Books
Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781472229410
Price: £19.99
Brand: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Description: Cricket was once used as a tool to colonise. What happens when those countries grow up? Overthrowing Cricket's Empire unearths the audacious stories of teams toppling the cricket colossus, England. From W.G. Grace's Ashes-igniting run-out to Calum Mac Leod's modern heroics, the book spans 150 years of fierce history. New Zealand's unexpected draws in 1949, Zimbabwe's poultry farmer heroics, Ireland's audacious chase and hair, India's elephantine triumph and South Africa's spin saga are all etched in defiance. This is a book about a bunch of Davids taking on Goliath. Every chapter has tales of the greatest English players and the men who stood up to slay them. The narrative transcends sport - a testament to resilience and national identity. Amid victories, there's human drama. Overthrowing Cricket's Empireisn't just about cricket; it's an odyssey of liberation, the essence of competition. Cricket is a sport that builds nations, and this book takes you through it brick by brick.
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ISBN: 9781801508858
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781801508858
Price: £9.99
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
Description: Fully updated to include England's series victory over South Africa and the World T20 Finals. Joe Root is undoubtedly cricket's next superstar, adored by fans and the press alike for his incredible talent and his cheeky personality. At just 24 years old he has already scored nearly 3,000 Test runs, taken 12 Test wickets. Joe was the star of England's incredible 2015 Ashes campaign - his knock of 130 at Trent Bridge secured the series victory and saw him named by the ICC as the best batsman in the world. This is Joe's personal account of his speedy climb to stardom, from schoolboy cricket to early days with Yorkshire, culminating with exclusive behind-the-scenes access to an England team at the top of their game. A perfect gift for all England cricket fans, this gives the inside story to an historic Ashes victory from a player who is instrumental to the team. Hodder & Stoughton Bringing Home the Ashes - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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ISBN: 9781473633353
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781473633353
Price: £9.99
Brand: Simon & Schuster Ltd
Description: Life is very rarely dull or quiet when Sir Ian Botham is around. One of Britain's greatest sportsmen, 'Beefy' has always worked hard and played hard, and this book reflects that. Botham has compiled some of his favourite stories from a life devoted to cricket and brought them all together in one volume. With the help of his huge network of friends, colleagues, team-mates and opponents, he has put together a wonderful collection of the best and the funniest stories from the cricket world. Featuring contributions from legends such as Shane Warne, fellow commentators and former team-mates including David Gower, and many of the current England team, this is a book the reader can pick up and immediately be privy to some of cricket's strangest and most hilarious moments, from the player who turned up to a game naked, to avoid being fined for wearing the wrong kit, to the cricketing legend whose desire for a burger landed him in hot water. Simon & Schuster Ltd Beefy's Cricket Tales - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781849838016
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781849838016
Price: £12.99
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
Description: The story of a lifetime at the very centre of international cricket, from the most respected TV commentator in the game. Few people understand cricket as well as Richie Benaud. For sixty years, as player and commentator, he has set the standards for others to follow and has witnessed all the major events in the game. No one else has found such favour with the vast numbers of cricket lovers in both Britain and Australia. A high-class attacking batsman and masterful legspin bowler, he captained Australia in 28 of his 63 Tests, regaining the Ashes in 1958-59 and taking part in both Laker's match in 1956 and the Tied Test in 1960. His television career, which began in 1963 while he was still a Test player, has coincided with a period of astonishing change - in the way the game is played, with the increasing popularity of the shorter formats, and in the way it is broadcast, with the innovations that began with World Series Cricket. In Over But Not Out, Richie Benaud has added extensive new material to his acclaimed Anything but.an Autobiography in order to cover the years since its publication; he not only revisits his long and remarkable career but also casts his eye over cricket in the 21st century. He gives his distinctive take on series such as the 2005 and 2009 Ashes and contemplates the future of the game he loves, revealing strong and sometimes surprising opinions on Twenty 20, day-night games, technology, referral systems, no-balls, neutral umpires and match-fixing. Packed with stories and illuminated by his characteristic incisiveness and independent-minded good sense, Over But Not Out is required reading for all followers of the game.
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781444705935
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781444705935
Price: £8.99
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Ashes to Ashes. Paperback (a Format). By Tami Hoag.
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Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781409121435
Price: £8.99
Brand: Lovereading
Description: Ashes To Admin: Tales from the Caseload of a Council Funeral Officer. Paperback. By Evie King.
Category: Books
Merchant: LoveReading
Product ID: 9781915306302
Price: £12.99
Brand: Hodder & Stoughton
Description: Shortlisted for Cricket Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards Graeme Swann leads us on a compelling adventure through one of world sport's most engrossing rivalries. He knows as much as anybody about the heat of England v Australia battles, having played in three series wins and also the whitewash defeat of 2013-14 when its intensity ended his international career. However, it brought out some of his best displays in Test cricket. But he is just one of dozens of colourful characters to have added their chapters to this great tome. The mock obituary of English cricket in the Sporting Times of 1882 was the forerunner of summers and winters of heaven and hell, depending on which side of the divide you were situated. When it comes to on-field relations nothing quite compares to the over-my-dead-body feel of the Ashes. From Grace to Sir Don, the most graceful of them all. From the foulest play to the fairest - contrast the 1932-33 Bodyline series affair to the image of Andrew Flintoff hunched over a distraught Brett Lee in 2005. From Ray Illingworth's famous walk-off in the Seventies, when an England team-mate was assaulted by a spectator, to Steve Waugh's hugely emotional lap of honour when he retired a quarter of a century later. Swann's book will reveal the magic of a series that first gripped him in his front room in Northampton as an aspiring spin bowler in the mid-1980s. Hodder & Stoughton The Ashes: It's All About the Urn - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
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Delivery cost: 2.99
ISBN: 9781473670853
Merchant: Waterstones
Product ID: 9781473670853