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Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets
Tim Quelch
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Description for Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets
Hardcover.
When Andrew Strauss's team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. This tale of England's preceding triumph and loss is recounted through the memoirs of many of the star players when England had last been top of the world. Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets tells the story of English cricket's slow recovery from the Second World War, of its brief time of triumph and of its undignified fall from grace - a tale of fluctuating fortunes reflected upon by great names including Hutton, Compton and ... Read more
When Andrew Strauss's team seized the world title in the summer of 2011 they finally recovered what had been lost at the Adelaide Oval in 1959. This tale of England's preceding triumph and loss is recounted through the memoirs of many of the star players when England had last been top of the world. Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets tells the story of English cricket's slow recovery from the Second World War, of its brief time of triumph and of its undignified fall from grace - a tale of fluctuating fortunes reflected upon by great names including Hutton, Compton and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Pitch Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Hove, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908051837
SKU
V9781908051837
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99-50
About Tim Quelch
Tim Quelch is the author of Underdog! 50 Years of Trials and Triumphs with Football's Also-Rans which, like Bent Arms and Dodgy Wickets, was written to raise funds for the Alzheimer's Society. A retired local government officer, Tim is a lifelong fan of Burnley FC, as evidenced by his previous titles Forever and Ever and Never Had It So Good. ... Read more
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