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BUCKLAND, WILLIAM: : POMMIES: England cricket through an Australian lens. [Author SIGNED copy.]

UK.LEICESTER,LEICS.MATADOR/TROUBADOR PUBLISHING LTD.,2008.

ISBN 9781906510329.

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.FINE+/FINE+.No owner inscrptn,but author's neat,handwritten black ink dedication and signature: 'For David With Best Wishes William' to top of ffe,and no price-clip to dw/dj - lack of publisher's price - to front inner flap,but price to rear,inner flap.Bright,crisp,clean,glossy laminated colour photographic illustrated dw/dj,with b/w+yellow lettering; with negligible shelf-wear and creasing to edges and corners - no nicks or tears present.Both head+foot of spine/backstrip minisculely bumped with reciprocal creasing.Top+ fore- edges bright and clean; contents bright, tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners - would appear unread - apart from my own collation.Bright,crisp,clean,sharp-cornered, publisher's original plain red cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked silver gilt letters to spine/backstrip and immaculate plain white endpapers - signed front fep excepted.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn,vii-xiiipp+3-336pp [paginated] includes contents list/table,a preface,a prologue,3 sections comprising 7 chapters,16pp contemporary b/w+colour photographs in 2 blocks of 8pp apiece,between pp114/15 and pp210/11 respectively,b/w charts, graphs,diagrams interspersed throughout the text and the book, notes,officials,a bibliography and an index.Plus [unpaginated] half-title+title pages,a dedication and 2pp blanks at rear. Something is wrong with professional cricket in England. Three years after the great Ashes victory in 2005,the England cricket team has reverted to type.In 2007,it lost three out of four Test series and got nowhere in the ICC World Cup and Twenty20 tournaments. Since 1987,Australia has thrashed England 34 games to nine in Tests and won four World Cups to England's none (then 1998). Today (2008),Australia has five cricket stadiums with more than 30,000 seats to England's none.Their team is accessible to all on (Australia) Channel Nine,but England's fans have to pay £400 a year for/to Sky. Why was the 2005 resurgence so short-lived? Why has England's performance been generally mediocre since the mid-1980's? Why is cricket on Sky and not on (UK) Channel 4 or the BBC? Why are so many of England's players injured? Why is Lord's so exclusive and expensive? Why does the fan on the back cover of this dw/dj have to go to the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) to watch her team? Who actually runs this game and what are they trying to do? Using Australia as the model and inspiration, 'Pommies' explains what is wrong with England cricket and presents a radical plan to improve the national team and open up the game for fans. Once you have read this book,you will never see England cricket the same way again. Please contact seller,because of the weight of this item,for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas buyers - BEFORE ordering through the order page! ** N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE. ** This item offered P+p included.Offer available UK only,unless indicated otherwise. ** ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,8vo HB+dw/dj,SIGNED,1st edn.
Author SIGNED+dedicated: 'For David With Best Wishes William'

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