Product Description
'Stuart Broad's magnificent spell of five for thirty-seven in the final and decisive Test against Australia at the Oval won him the man of the match award and proved a major contribution to England regaining the 2009 Ashes. Stuart ended up as England's leading wicket taker in a series which had also shown him to be a highly accomplished batsman.
Stuart is the son of Chris Broad, himself a former England opening batsman in an Ashes winning series, and Stuart has clearly inherited his father's natural ability. In BOWLED OVER - AN ASHES CELEBRATION he refers to a promising cricket career at school, his development as a player at county level with Leicester and Nottingham and to his early games for England. But first and foremost this lavishly illustrated book is devoted to the ultimate and thrilling success of the England team that beat the Australian side. Stuart describes the highs and lows of this, his first Ashes campaign, which ended so triumphantly. His achievements allied to his competitive character and youthful good looks have already made him a hugely popular figure with the cricket public.
About the Author
Stuart Broad was born in 1986. He is the son of former England opening batsman Chris Broad. Stuart was educated at Oakham School before starting his professional cricket career for Leicestershire and then moving to Nottinghamshire. A right-arm seam bowler and a left-handed batsman, Stuart Broad made his England debut in 2007. Broad proved to be an invaluable member of the victorious England 2009 Ashes squad, and he won the Man of the Match award in the decisive fifth Test at the Oval.
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Stuart Broad and Paul Newman have done such an incredible job describing pivotal moments of the 2009 Ashes series. Once you start reading the book, you get lost in the vivid descriptions of those moments. It is very well written. You can just visualize every ball being delivered, the way it spins (in slow motion I should add – yes a little dramatic there), every run being scored, wickets falling OR tail-enders holding on tight to save the team from a defeat against their rivals! IT’S ALL THERE!
My personal favourites were the behind-the-scenes moments described. They are in such great detail adding more drama and tension to the moments. It seems like you are there, literally, like a fly on the wall. These are the moments we as spectators of the game don’t get to experience. We don’t get to see the stress the team and staff experience, or the things they’d do to get their mind off the pressure building up in critical moments. For example, the last few minutes in the Cardiff Test match. The Panesar-Anderson partnership towards the end froze me to my seat, my butt was numb at the end. Not a pretty picture. Apologies.
Anyways, you can relive it all! It’s an awesome read! Well described as I mentioned earlier and a book worth having in your library You also get to know a little bit of how the mind of Stuart Broad works. Need I say more? Are you a cricket fan? Read it. You’ll enjoy it!
Book Review by Jay Geeganage Copyright © 2012
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More reviews to come! Especially after Broady's next book release! :)
Get Broad's 2009 Ashes Book at Amazon
Get Broad's 2009 Ashes Book at Amazon
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