RUSSELL JACKSON is a writer, editor and publisher from Melbourne. He is a former sportswriter and deputy editor of Guardian Australia. His essays and journalism have also appeared in books and magazines.

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The Battle for BHP

The Cricket War: The Inside Story of Kerry Packer’s World Series Cricket

The Border Years

One Summer, Every Summer: An Ashes Journal

The Summer Game: Australian Cricket in the 1950s and 1960s

One of a Kind: The Story of Bankers Trust Australia 1969-1999

The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket

The Vincibles: A Suburban Cricket Season

The Uncyclopedia

Bad Company: The Strange Cult of the CEO

The Tencyclopedia

Game for Anything: Writings on Cricket

A Fair Field and No Favour: The Ashes of 2005

Asbestos House: The Secret History of James Hardie Industries

Silent Revolutions: Writings on Cricket History

All Out: The Ashes 2006-07

The Green and Golden Age: Writings on Australian Cricket Today

Inside Story: Unlocking Australian Cricket’s Archives (with David Frith)

The Racket: How Abortion Became Legal in Australia

Inside Out: Writings on Cricket Culture

Good Enough: The Ashes 2009

Sphere of Influence: Writings on Cricket and its Discontents

Out of the Running: The Ashes 2010-11

The Office: A Hardworking History

On Warne

The Deserted Newsroom

End of the Road?

Uncertain Corridors: Writings on Modern Cricket

Ashes to Ashes: How Australia Came Back and England Came Unstuck, 2013-14

Certain Admissions: A Beach, A Body and a Lifetime of Secrets

Stroke of Genius: Victor Trumper and the Shot that Changed Cricket