Best of Enemies - Hardcover

Kidd, Patrick; McGuinness, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1848187033 ISBN 13: 9781848187030

Publisher: Know the Score, 2009

Synopsis

One of the great rivalries in sport returns this winter, but what is it about a six-inch terra cotta urn that enflames the passions of Poms and Aussies? Why do the English think that all Australians are alcoholic simpletons? Why do Australians think the English all have a stick up their backside? And why do they need (and needle) each other so much? In this humorous look at one of the truly great rivalries, written by Times cricket blogger and a professional Australian bar-room pontificator, the grudges, sledges, heroes, and villains are laid bare.

About this title

About the Author:

Patrick Kidd is a cricket and rowing writer who has been with The Times in London since 2001. He also writes for Wisden, Wisden Cricketer, and appears regularly on television and radio as a pundit. Peter McGuinness grew up being told that Poms were blokes from England who were never happy about anything. He now knows why. He writes a cricket blog.

Review:

"The quirky approach is refreshingly different from the usual chronological plod" - Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians

About this edition

• Publisher: Know the Score
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1848187033
• ISBN 13: 9781848187030
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 216