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The comeback summer : when Smith and Stokes got the magic back / Geoff Lemon.

Geoff Lemon takes on The Comeback Summer of cricket, in this gripping follow-up to the multi-award-winning Steve Smith's Men. At the height of the 2019 season, the biggest names in Australian and English cricket faced off for sporting glory -- and public forgiveness. It was always going to be a summer to remember. Steve Smith, captain of the Australian team, a batsman with a short at rivalling the greatest of all time. Ben Stokes, star of the English team, an all-rounder with a knack for moments of genius. Both disgraced in scandals of very different kinds. Both attempting a tough comeback trail through the most crucial contests in cricket: the World Cup back-to-back with the Ashes. Geoff Lemon was there, in the commentary boxes and on the boundaries, for this season of unparalleled drama on the field. The Comeback Summer is an insightful, lively and sharp take on the cricketing world, which asks why we're so obsessed with the idea of sport as a means of redemption.

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ISBN 9781743796696 (paperback)
Dewey 796.358
Author Lemon, Geoff author.
Title The comeback summer : when Smith and Stokes got the magic back / Geoff Lemon.
Published Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2020.
Physical description 310 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents note 1. Safe Harbour -- 2. Into the Wilderness -- 3. The Place That's Missing a Vowel -- 4. The Year of Slim Pickings -- 5. Live from Dubai -- 6. Reluctantly Crouched at the Starting Line -- 7. The Redemption Myth -- 8. Off With a Bang -- 9. The Final Word on Tour -- 10. Black and Powder Blue -- 11. Ungreased Wheels -- 12. The Drawing of the Three -- 13. The Return of the King -- 14. London Blitz -- 15. Four Pacemen of the Apocalypse -- 16. Miracle at Headingley -- 17. The Sliders Multiverse -- 18. Don't Look Back in Anger -- 19. Anticlimax and the New Australia -- 20. Bancroft and Bankrupt -- 21. Trial and Triple Elation -- 22. Won't You Help to Sing.
Summary Geoff Lemon takes on The Comeback Summer of cricket, in this gripping follow-up to the multi-award-winning Steve Smith's Men. At the height of the 2019 season, the biggest names in Australian and English cricket faced off for sporting glory -- and public forgiveness. It was always going to be a summer to remember. Steve Smith, captain of the Australian team, a batsman with a short at rivalling the greatest of all time. Ben Stokes, star of the English team, an all-rounder with a knack for moments of genius. Both disgraced in scandals of very different kinds. Both attempting a tough comeback trail through the most crucial contests in cricket: the World Cup back-to-back with the Ashes. Geoff Lemon was there, in the commentary boxes and on the boundaries, for this season of unparalleled drama on the field. The Comeback Summer is an insightful, lively and sharp take on the cricketing world, which asks why we're so obsessed with the idea of sport as a means of redemption.
Subject Stokes, Ben, -- 1991-
Smith, Steve, -- 1989-
Cricket players -- Great Britain -- Biography
Cricket players -- Australia -- Biography
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