546 Runs Were Enough, Weren't They?: A diary retrospective on the 2009 Ashes series indir kitap bedava

A diary retrospective on the 2009 Ashes series - impressively won 2-1 by Andrew Strauss's England over Australia, who had lined up ahead of the series as most people's favourites.Following England's dismal tour of Australia in 2006/7, hopes were higher going into the 2009 series. After all, a host of Australian stars had retired so without the threat of Warne, Gilchrist, McGrath, Hayden and Langer, they were not going into the summer looking anywhere near as strong as they had been in 2005 - when England just managed to beat them in one of the greatest series of all-time.While the 2009 series didn't live up to those lofty heights (has any series ever?) it certainly packed in some high drama, some fine comebacks and saw the rebirth of two international careers in those of Shane Watson and Jonathan Trott.It was also where England's rise to a position of number one in the Test rankings really began. This book is a combination of the author's own Ashes diary written at the time and an analysis marking the series out as the beginning of England's rise to prominence under Andrew Strauss and Andy Flower.John Pennington is a journalist and this was his first book.