{"product_id":"blood-on-the-tracks-england-in-australia-the-1974-75-ashes","title":"Blood on the Tracks: England in Australia: The 1974-75 Ashes","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs the 1975\nedition of the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack put it, \"Never in the ninety-eight years of Test cricket have batsmen\nbeen so grievously bruised and battered by ferocious, hostile short-pitched balls as were those led conscientiously\nby Mike Denness.\" Led by tearaway speedsters Dennis Lillee and Jeff Thomson, the Australian bowling attack\nterrorised the tourists during the six-match series - by the end of the first Test, two English batsmen had suffered\nbroken bones. There was plenty more suffering to follow as the Aussies blitzed their way to a 4-1 victory.\nWhen Bob Dylan released his album Blood on the Tracks a few days after the Ashes had been surrendered it\ncould have been timed deliberately to provide a future author with a book title that reflected events in Australia.\nInstead of songs reflecting a \"bleak fatalistic view of love\", as one reviewer described it, the album might have\nbeen expected to deliver stories of broken bones and frightening near misses. For that was the narrative of the\ndoomed attempt by the England team to retain the urn in the face of a barrage of some of the most intimidating\nfast bowling ever witnessed.\nNearly 50 years after Dylan's generosity, David Tossell's book offers a gripping and forensic account of this\nuniquely frightening and wince-inducing Australian summer and the indelible mark it left on cricket.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 352 pages | Published June 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63970519155037,"sku":"9781915237415","price":27.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781915237415.jpg?v=1774375980","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/blood-on-the-tracks-england-in-australia-the-1974-75-ashes","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}