Following On A Year with English Cricket's Golden Boys

by Tossell, David

• ISBN13: 9781848187047
• ISBN10: 1848187041
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2010-06-01
• Publisher: Know the Score

Summary

Following Ontells the stories of the 14 1998 Under-19 World Cup winners against the backdrop of a historic year (2009) for their sport. There are Ashes heroics, clashes with county committees, fall-outs with selectors, and even a campaign of death threats. The result is a fascinating insight into the cricketing profession, through those who were once the English game's golden generation.

Author Biography

David Tossell has been a sports journalist for more than three decades and is the author of nine previous books on a range of sports. Formerly executive sports editor of the Today newspaper, he is currently head of European Public Affairs for the NFL. Four of his books have been short-listed in the British Sports Book Awards: Bertie Mee (best biography), Grovel! and Tony Greig (best cricket book), and Nobody Beats Us (best rugby book). Grovel! and Following On were finalists in the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year Award.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 7
Introduction: The Boys of '98	p. 9
The Karachi Kid	p. 24
Don't Look Back in Anger	p. 37
The Third Man	p. 50
Home and Away	p. 58
Opening Up	p. 72
The Key Issues	p. 81
Logan's Run	p. 93
Too Much Too Young	p. 102
Only a Game	p. 115
The Season After the Night Before	p. 122
England Expects	p. 131
Short and Sweet	p. 143
The Umpire Strides Back	p. 152
Midsummer Dreams	p. 160
Dr Comfort's Ashes Revelations	p. 169
Political Games	p. 180
Green and Pleasant Land	p. 188
Joy and Pain	p. 201
One-day Blunders	p. 206
The End of Days	p. 215
The Boys of 2010	p. 223
Appendix: 2009 Playing Statistics	p. 235
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