PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

Marc Aspland – 6, 35, 64, 68, 163, 72, 114, 122, 126, 140, 150, 154, 170, 175, 178, 216, 225, 242, 246, 279, 285, 295, 361

Graham Morris – 30, 47, 61, 63, 78, 90, 91, 93, 108, 111, 113, 120, 131, 134, 135, 136, 145, 148, 151, 160, 182, 188, 207, 210, 221, 248, 249, 255, 278, 293, 301, 302, 315, 316, 317, 323, 333, 335, 362, 370

John Cassidy – 259

Endpapers. Front: A day of national celebration as crowds cover the Oval to celebrate England’s Ashes victory in the Coronation year of 1953, The Times picture library. Rear: Amid a shower of tickertape, Andrew Strauss holds the replica urn aloft after England had completed a superb 3-1 victory in 2010-11, Marc Aspland.