Ashes Match of My Life: Fourteen Ashes Stars Relive Their Greatest Games - Hardcover

"Great stories enable the reader to pick up this book at any time. It is a great book on the Ashes." --The Cricket Memorabilia Society Magazine

"One of the greatest ever books on the Ashes." --Frank Keating, The Guardian

"A book that deserves to be bought, read and pondered. Beautifully produced and lavishly illustrated, this superb publication is a must for collectors of cricket literature." --Rajesh Kumar, Cricket Statistician

"A properly brilliant cricket book, the sort that doesn't get written these days. The authors haven't just done their homework; they've interviewed intelligently. International cricketers have very, very interesting things to say. You just have to ask the right questions." --The Crap Cricketer Blog

"The front of the dust jacket quotes the late Frank Keating as describing the book as One of the greatest ever books on the Ashes. I am not about to argue with the man who was one of the best scribes the game has seen. This is an excellent book, and highly recommended." --CricketWeb.net

"Cricket lovers will enjoy basking in the nostalgia of those unforgettable summers." --This England

"There are at least as many books on cricket and particularly the Ashes as catches in Tests matches to (the also featured) Paul Collingwood's name, and I've read quite a few of them, but I can safely say that none have offered the kind of all-round insight The Ashes Match Of My Life brings through detailed recollections by some of the most popular faces in both teams and in world cricket over the last four decades." AlternativeCricket.com

"Fine updated version of a modern classic. I've always been a little wary of books that have effusive praise on the cover. 'One of the greatest ever books on the Ashes' is loud and clear at the bottom of the front cover of this one, from no less a pen than that of the late Frank Keating of The Guardian. He was right, though. This engaging tome does, very simply, what it says 'on the tin'. Their great skill is to present the pieces in a way in which you feel you are sitting with the subject in your favourite local and listening to their story with a pint in your hand and a hot fire in the grate. While the book has obvious topicality in the middle of an Ashes summer, it will be equally relevant and enjoyable if you are looking at it during the coming winter, perhaps curled up in bed, or at any other time for that matter. A book that will stand the test of time." --Peakfan blog

Fourteen Ashes legends come together to tell the stories behind their most thrilling triumphs in the historic series - enabling cricket fans to relive these magic moments through the eyes and emotions of the men in the middle of the field, playing their hearts out for England and Australia in one of the sporting world's most intense rivalries. All the drama and intrigue of more than half a century of Ashes action is captured, from Sir Donald Bradman in the 1940s via Geoffrey Boycott and Jeff Thomson, Merv Hughes and Mark Taylor and into the new millennium, recreating all the excitement of Shane Warne and Glenn McGrath taking on Michael Vaughan's England. Each player winds back the clock to reveal the tension, controversy, sledging, humour and passion involved in pursuit of glory - and the true cricketing greatness which can only ever be grasped within an Ashes series.