{"product_id":"the-ashes-2009-9780522856569","title":"The Ashes 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gideon Haigh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Melbourne University\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Cricket\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Ashes 2009 \u003c\/em\u003eis the essential account of the head-to-head duel that stopped both nations.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 2005, it was England's summer. In 2006-07, Australia had its revenge.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2009 loomed as the tightest of contests in Test cricket's longest-running rivalry, both countries in a race to rebuild in the first rematch since the end of the era of Warne, McGrath, Gilchrist and Hayden. Test cricket faced its own challenge: to demonstrate the game's potential for drama and dash over five days in an era increasingly accustomed to cricket in twenty-over instalments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCompiled day-by-day, The Ashes 2009 captures the season's whipsawing fortunes and the story of its defining duels: Ponting v Strauss, Clarke v Flintoff, Broad and Anderson v Hilfenhaus and Siddle, ready for readers while the embers of the Ashes are still warm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Melbourne University","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47577391038615,"sku":"9780522856569","price":3448.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780522856569.webp?v=1774903324","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-ashes-2009-9780522856569","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}