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From the turbulent life of the late Shane Warne to the skill, mentality and character behind Pat Cummins' new-look captaincy, and through the decades to the wit, wisdom and genius of Sir Donald Bradman, Great Achievers and Characters in Australian Cricket examines the career highs and lows of many of the game's big names through the ages.
The chapters cover the elegance and style of Ellyse Perry and Neil Harvey; the drive of Ian Chappell, Steve Waugh and Bill Lawry; the dry humour of Lindsay Hassett and the guile of Richie Benaud; the speed and chivalry of Dennis Lillee and the bullyboy tactics of Kerry Packer, who changed the game forever.
It also includes fresh insights into the first truly Australian tour of England in 1858, made exclusively by Aboriginal players, and the torch-passing that led to the sensational performance of Indigenous bowler Scott Boland in the 2021-22 Ashes.
Bestselling cricket author and historian Roland Perry shines a light on the game's biggest players and dramas through the ages in Great Achievers and Characters in Australian Cricket.
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ISBN: 9781761048432
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 15 November 2022
Country: Australia
Imprint: Penguin Random House Australia
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 156.0mm
Height: 233.0mm
Weight: 440g
Pages: 304
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About the Author
Roland Perry has published 27 books in a range of genres including biography, politics, espionage, history (WW1 and WW2), sport and fiction. He is the only author to write comprehensive books on the two main Fronts of the Great War 1914-1918. Perry's works on sport include the number one bestseller and definitive work on Sir Donald Bradman, The Don, and more recently, The Changi Brownlow. This was short-listed for the Australian Booksellers Industry Award for non-fiction. His other biographies have covered a variety of characters, including General Sir John Monash (Monash), Wilfred Burchett (The Exile), Keith Miller (Miller's Luck), Peter Chitty (Changi Brownlow) and Shane Warne (Bold Warnie). Perry began his writing career as a journalist on The Age Melbourne from 1969 to 1973. After five years in England making documentary films, he had his first book, a novel titled Program for a Puppet -published in 1979. It was an international best-seller that was translated into eight languages. Educated at Scotch College Melbourne, Perry has an Economics degree from Monash University (1972). His awards include- the Frederick Blackham Exhibition Prize in Journalism at Melbourne University (1969); the 2004 Fellowship of Australian Writers National Literary Award for non-fiction with Monash- the outsider who won a war; and Cricket Biography of the Year 2006 from the UK Cricket Society for Miller's Luck, a biography of all-rounder, Keith Miller. (The UK Daily Mail judged this as 'Sports book of the year' in 2006.) In October 2011 Perry was made a Fellow of Monash University. He was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia 'for service to literature as an author' in June 2011. He was a member of the National Archives of Australia's Advisory Council 2006-2012. He is a member of the General Sir John Monash Foundation, the KK Club, a director of The Spirit of Australia Foundation, and a coterie member of the Murrumbeena Football Club. Monash University bestowed a Professorship on Roland Perry in October 2012 and he is the University's first Writer-in-Residence, lecturing PhDs and PhD aspirants on all aspects of writing, and Australian history.
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