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Index
Cover Foreword by Ed Smith 1. Band of Brothers 2. Gentlemen v Players: The rise of meritocracy 3. ‘WG’ Lights the Spark: How he motivated Australia and England 4. Demon Spofforth and the Australians: England meet their match 5. Boom Time: The development of Test match grounds 6. Hawke, Warner and the Amateur Coup: Yorkshire become England’s greatest asset 7. The Myth of Captaincy . . . and tackling ‘sticky dogs’ 8. Lord Harris’s South African Deal: The creation of the ICC: the first ‘Big Three’ 9. Speed, Swing and Spin: Tom Richardson, SF Barnes and ‘Bosie’ 10. The Culture of the Cap: Three lions, one crown 11. Hobbs and Rhodes: England’s first batting partnership 12. The Shock of Gregory and McDonald: Countering the power of pace 13. West Indies, New Zealand and India Join the Club: The rise of bilateral tours and England’s workload 14. Professionals Flex their Muscles: Hammond and Ames 15. Jardine Creates the First System: Bodyline, the rise of the media and England’s climbdown 16. The Welsh and Irish Connections: From Maurice Turnbull to Simon Jones, Timothy O’Brien to Eoin Morgan 17. On the Mat: The challenge of touring outside Australia 18. England’s Talent for Attrition: Timeless Tests and five-day matches 19. Hammond’s Sacrifice: A ‘professional’ takes charge 20. The Politicisation of Test Cricket: England’s treatment of Pakistan and the South Africa problem 21. How Hutton and May Made England Hard to Beat: A golden era for English bowling 22. Selectors: Too Close or Not Close Enough? Basil D’Oliveira and the need for men of good character 23. The Rise of the Umpire: Frank Chester, nationalism and the art of neutrality 24. The Fight for the Soul of the Game: Illingworth retrieves a lost decade 25. Leaving, On a Jet Plane: Shorter tours, Sunday play, the end of rest days 26. English Cricket Opens Its Doors: Tony Greig and the revolution of 1968 27. Kerry Packer and the Years of Rebellion: Greig, Boycott and Botham test the TCCB’s patience 28. Gooch, Botham and the Cult of Fitness: The rise of the backroom staff 29. Television Contracts and Ground Redevelopments: The rise and fall of Durham 30. Who Runs the Team?: Micky Stewart paves the way to England becoming the 19th county 31. Split Squads, At Last: Adam Hollioake, Alec Stewart and pay disputes 32. Learning the Art of Winning in Asia: How Duncan Fletcher delivered the Ashes in 2005 33. The Rise of Player Power: Flintoff and Pietersen, the IPL and the Stanford fiasco 34. The World’s Best-Equipped Team: Andy Flower, winning in Australia and ‘bowling dry’ 35. Strauss’s White-Ball Revolution: How England’s one-day batsmen found their muscle List of Illustrations Statistical Appendix Sources in Text Bibliography Acknowledgements Index Copyright
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