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Ashes 2010-11: England's Record-Breaking Series Victory First Edition
Author(s): Gideon Haigh (Author)
- Publisher: Aurum
- Publication Date: 2 Feb. 2011
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 256 pages
- ISBN-10: 1845136136
- ISBN-13: 9781845136130
Book Description
Once again Aurum will have the first book out on this winter’ s eagerly-awaited rematch between England and Australia.
For the last three Ashes series Aurum has published an instant book by the hugely-acclaimed cricket writer Gideon Haigh, who always covers the Tests for a national newspaper. This winter, as England seek to retain in Australia the Ashes they won in dramatic fashion in 2009, Haigh will be producing another such book, and once again Aurum will rush it out within a month of the end of the final Test.
This time (compared with the 5-0 whitewash in 2007) the omens are favourable: at Trent Bridge England have just trounced Pakistan, who in turn beat Australia. While England have seen a new crop of young batsmen and bowlers like Morgan and Finn come through to replace former stars like Flintoff and Vaughan, the retirement of Warne, McGrath, Hayden and Langer has seen Australia struggle for inspiration.
Praise for Ashes 2005:
‘ A tour de force of instant reporting’ Daily Mail
Praise for The Ultimate Test:
The best account of England’ s Ashes triumph… from a cricket writer in the tradition of Neville Cardus and John Arlott’ Sunday Times
Editorial Reviews
Review
–Sport Magazine
BOOK OF THE WEEK `Cricket-lovers who know Gideon Haigh’s work will need no convincing: those who don’t will find this an ideal place to start. What makes Haigh so good? One reason is that he not only tells us what happened, he explains what it meant, where it fits into cricket history, of which he has a consummate grasp. Above all, he is a supreme stylist, with the ability to make one laugh out loud.’ –Independent on Sunday, 13 Feb 2011 Simon Redfern
‘Haigh’s entertaining and comprehensive account is backed up by memorable pictures to help us relive a classic sporting triumph’
–Lancashire Evening Post, 23 Feb 2011
`he is the most elegant of writers whose prose is a delight to read whatever the content’ –cricketweb.net
`The most comprehensive and thoughtful review of the Ashes possible’ –Wisden Cricketer magazine, April 2011
‘One cannot but wonder at the felicity of the phrasing and the soundness of (Haigh’s) judgements. Haigh brings a shrewd analytical mind to the cricket. There will no doubt be many other books on the Ashes 2011 series, and if any of them match the quality of this first offering, we shall be fortunate indeed.’ –ACS Journal, Summer 2011
`Excellent book….Haigh is one of the best of his generation’ –Blackpool Gazette, 17th Feb 2011
`excellent book’
–Wharf, 24th Feb 2011
`Covers each Test, day by day, offering insightful thoughts in Haigh’s elegant prose. Excellent reading’ –Sport magazine, 28 Jan 2011 Sport magazine, 28 Jan 2011
`Cricket-lovers who know Gideon Haigh’s work will need no convincing: those who don’t will find this an ideal place to start. What makes Haigh so good? One reason is that he not only tells us what happened, he explains what it meant, where it fits into cricket history, of which he has a consummate grasp. Above all, he is a supreme stylist, with the ability to make one laugh out loud’ – Simon Redfern –`Book of the Week’, Independent on Sunday, 13 Feb 2011
`Excellent book… Haigh is one of the best of his generation’ –Blackpool Gazette, 17 Feb 2011 Blackpool Gazette, 17 Feb 2011
`Bringing insight and writing flair to the subject, Haigh captures the ebbs and flows of a fascinating series’ –Wharf, 24 Feb 2011 Wharf, 24 Feb 2011
`Along with his trademark pithy match reports and elegant analyses, Haigh’s entertaining and comprehensive account is backed up by memorable pictures to help us relive a classic sporting triumph’
–Lancashire Evening Post, 3 March 2011 Lancashire Evening Post, 3 March 2011
`(Haigh) is the most elegant of writers whose prose is a delight to read whatever the content.10/10 – this is the best tour book we’ve read’ –cricketweb.net, 14 March
`A wonderful way of reliving a magical moment in English cricket’ –Good Book Guide, March 2011
`The most comprehensive and thoughtful review of the Ashes possible’ –Wisden Cricketer magazine, April 2011
`One cannot but wonder at the felicity of the phrasing and the soundness of (Haigh’s) judgements. Haigh brings a shrewd analytical mind to the cricket. There will no doubt be many other books on the Ashes 2011 series, and if any of them match the quality of this first offering, we shall be fortunate indeed’ –ACS Journal, Summer 2011
`Cricket hasn’t got an equivalent of a poet laureate but if it had, there’s no doubt the honour would go to Gideon Haigh…a gripping read. If you buy one book on the 2010/2011 Ashes, make it this one’ –The Middlesbrough Evening Gazette, 11th June 2011
`Cricket hasn’t got an equivalent of a poet laureate but if it had, there’s no doubt the honour would go to Gideon Haigh…a gripping read. If you buy one book on the 2010/2011 Ashes, make it this one’
–The Middlesbrough Evening Gazette
