{"product_id":"ten-to-win-and-the-last-man-in-my-pick-of-test-match-cliffhangers-9781529359985","title":"Ten to Win and the Last Man in: My Pick of Test Match Cliffhangers","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Henry Blofeld\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Is there anything in sport to compare with the sustained excitement of a cricket match, especially a Test match, in which the advantage continually fluctuates one way and then the other, and when the match enters its last few minutes, all four results are still possible?'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter entertaining countless radio listeners around the world for decades, who better to convey the breathless drama of a Test match cliffhanger than Henry Blofeld? Now, in \u003ci\u003eTen to Win . . . and the Last Man In\u003c\/i\u003e, he has personally selected thirty matches featuring unforgettable finishes and brought them vividly to life again in his own inimitable way. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from the match-winning bowling of F.R. Spofforth against W.G. Grace's England in 1882, via the first tied Test between Benaud's Australia and Worrell's West Indies in 1960, to the never-say-die batting of Ben Stokes in 2019, he picks out the key events and performances of each memorable match and describes them as only he can. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlongside the big-hitting heroics of Jessop in 1902 and Botham in 1981, he revisits less celebrated matches such as South Africa's hard-fought first Test win in 1906, as well as a crucial innings from Denis Compton in 1948 and a match-saving performance by a young Alan Knott in Guyana in 1968 - one of the most exciting matches he has ever witnessed first-hand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFilled with colourful detail and informed by insight gained from a lifetime immersed in the sport he loves, Henry Blofeld's latest book will leave the reader in no doubt - as he himself puts it - about 'what an absurdly irresistible game cricket can be'.","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45037203194007,"sku":"9781529359985","price":1133.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781529359985.webp?v=1769214530","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/ten-to-win-and-the-last-man-in-my-pick-of-test-match-cliffhangers-9781529359985","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}