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Ashes Diary - Summer of The 17th Man - England 2013
The 17th Man returns, bringing his unique style to the 2013 Ashes series.As the last man picked in the Australian touring squad, The 17th Man writes a daily diary covering the on-field action and the behind the scenes intrigue of his parallel cricketing universe.
Now, his diary is available here, with added features, illustrations and The 17th Man's famous "Best of the Test in Tweets."
The Ashes Files 2013
The 17th Man continues his journey to greatness in his parallel universe of cricket chaos. This time, he's been asked to vet the applications that flooded in after Australian cricket team management declared that all positions were up for grabs to all comers. Nadal? The Teletubbies? David Beckham? Apparently, they all want to play for Australia.
Ashes Diary 2 - The 17th Man's Summer of Shove - Australia 2013-14
The second half of the once-in-a-lifetime Double Ashes Series unfolds day by day via the quirky and insightful pen of The 17th Man, the last player picked in the Australian cricket squad
England started bristling with confidence, but the last of this confidence evaporated in the heat of the WACA sun, as Australia secured The Ashes and then steam-rolled England 5-0
All the triumph and controversy is here – departures and debuts, runs and runaways, performers and pretenders. Relive it all in The 17th Man’s Summer of Shove.
Five Tests, but No Fifth Day
Follow the 17th Man - the last player picked in the Australian cricket squad - as he travels around England, chronicling the Ashes tour with his quirky and insightful pen.
With the teams locked at one-all after two tests, they travelled to the Midlands - where England blew Australia off the park at Edgbaston and Trent Bridge to take back The Urn from an Australian team jam-packed with imminent retirees. The aging Aussies weren't required to keep their creaking bones on the field for a fifth day in any of the test matches.
All the triumph and controversy is here – the farewells and the foibles, the updrafts and upstarts, swing dukes and post-game pukes, centuries and “centre thanks”, the sledging and the edging. Relive it all in Ashes Diary 3 – No Fifth Day for Old Men.
On Tour
From Dust to Dust - The Australian Cricket Team's Tour of India 2013
Find out what "really" happened on the Tour of India through the wickedly outrageous chronicles of the 17th Man as he picks over the daily entrails of a Tour gone wrong in his parallel cricketing universe.
Australian Cricket Tours of India always start with winning expectations that are ever so slowly deflated by stifling days watching dusty pies belted over the boundary ropes and a curry smorgasbord that runs through you like the Ganges. Mental disintegration under pressure is nothing new. Add the spice of HomeWorkGate, persecution of the Mohali 4, debilitating on-field performances and a dash of sledging and you have enough explosive to shake the pillars of Australian cricket.
Sunshine on Boerewors: The 17th Man in South Africa 2014
Follow the 17th Man as he witnesses the epic struggle between SA and AUS for Test Cricket Supremacy. The series unfolds day by day via the quirky and insightful pen of The 17th Man, the last player picked in the Australian cricket squad
South Africa started as warm favourites, but like England before them, were blasted off the park by the Australian pace attack.
All the triumph and controversy is here – bruises and broken shoulders, sausages and stonewalling, big game and big games. Relive it all in Sunshine on Boerewors
The Little Tours: The 17th Man in Zimbabwe & UAE 2014
Follow the 17th Man as he tags along first to Zimbabwe for a series of ODIs then to the UAE for a two Test series against Pakistan. The two Little Tours series unfold day by day via the quirky and insightful pen of The 17th Man, the last player picked in the Australian cricket squad
South Africa came out on top in Zimbabwe, but then after the Aussies regain their No 1 ODI ranking, Pakistan blasted the Aussies off the park with brilliant batting and beguiling spin bowling.
All the triumph and controversy is here – bruises and broken shoulders, spin and sand, big game and big games. Relive it all in The Little Tours 2014
Four Captains and a Funeral: Australia & India 2014
Follow the 17th Man - the last player picked in the Australian cricket squad - as he travels around Australia, chronicling the tour with his quirky and insightful pen.
Both teams lost a great captain - one through injury, one through retirement - and both were blessed with the emergence of a new captain - each one young, brash and leading from the front with prolific and flamboyant run scoring.
All the triumph and controversy is here – the farewells and the follies, the roads and roadblocks, captains and caftans, centuries and “centre thanks”, the sledging and the edging. Relive it all in Four Captains and a Funeral
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