Nothing compares to the Ashes. The Ashes is always coming, even when it is finished. The Ashes is where hope, expectation, magic and chagrin flourish in equal measure, and performance is permanently burnished.
'The best cricket writer in the world' Guardian
'The Bradman of cricket writing' Sunday Telegraph
'The finest cricket writer alive' The Australian
'Australia's finest writer on cricket' The Times
'The most gifted cricket essayist of his generation' Richard Williams, Guardian
In On The Ashes, Gideon Haigh, today's pre-eminent cricket writer, has captured over a century and a half of Anglo-Australian cricket, from WG Grace to Don Bradman, from Bodyline to Jim Laker's 19-wicket match, from Ian Botham's miracle at Headingley to the phenomena of Patrick Cummins and Ben Stokes, today's Ashes captains.
From over three decades of covering The Ashes, Gideon has brought together an enduring vision of this timeless contest between Australia and England – the world's oldest sporting rivalry – from the colonial era to the present day.
About the author
Gideon Haigh is in his fortieth year as a journalist, has contributed to more than a hundred newspapers and magazines, and written 45 books, mainly about cricket, but also concerned with social history, cultural history, true crime, business and law. He writes for The Australian and The Times. He lives in Melbourne and his most recent book is An Unfinished Masterpiece, a history of Victoria's Parliament House.
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