Track My Order
Help Centre
+612 9045 4394
Likes
My Wish ListsLogin / Join
Booktopia has been placed into Voluntary Administration. Orders have been temporarily suspended, whilst the process for the recapitalisation of Booktopia and/or sale of its business is completed, following which services may be re-established. All enquiries from creditors, including customers with outstanding gift cards and orders and placed prior to 3 July 2024, please visit https://www.mcgrathnicol.com/creditors/booktopia-group/
Booktopia
Australia's local bookstore
Add free shipping to your order with these great books
Border's Battlers - Michael Sexton

Border's Battlers

By: Michael Sexton

eBook | 23 July 2019

At a Glance

eBook

$9.99

Instant Digital Delivery to your Booktopia Reader App

It's the 1986 tour of India, and Australian cricket is reeling from the loss of key players to retirement and rebel tours. Few give Australia a chance against a surging India, and even Allan Border doubts his ability to lead this team.

What follows is one of the most titanic struggles in cricket history. Played in oppressive conditions, the first Test in Madras (now Chennai) swung like a pendulum. Tensions reached boiling point on and off the field. Dean Jones's 210 was one of the gutsiest Australian knocks ever, Greg Matthews bowled for most of the final day (in a jumper!) and Ray Bright took five wickets despite being seriously ill. The climactic and controversial final ball forced a tie for only the second time in Test history and set a course for Allan Border to remain as captain.

In Border's Battlers, Michael Sexton details the momentous occasion when Australia drew a line in the dust of Madras, and drew inspiration from the fight. The team returned to Madras the next year to launch a winning World Cup campaign as rank outsiders and the seeds of a new golden age of Australian cricket were sown.

on

You Can Find This eBook In

Non-FictionSports & RecreationBall GamesCricket

More in Cricket

Standing My Ground - Matthew Hayden

eBOOK

Standing My Ground

eBook

$15.99

The Wrong Line - Andrew Ramsey

eBOOK

The Wrong Line

eBook

$9.99

Mark Waugh : The Biography - James Knight

eBOOK

Mark Waugh

The Biography

eBook

$13.99

Skullduggery - Kerry O'Keeffe

eBOOK

Skullduggery

eBook

$12.99

The Ashes - Ken Piesse

eBOOK

The Ashes

eBook

$15.99

This product is categorised by