Tuffers' Ashes Heroes

thanks to the publishers and netgalley for a free copy in return for an open and honest review Tuffers looks at his legends of the Ashes series in his lifetime funny in parts from both sides, some he played with/against as well and its a reasonable cricket book too.......more

The author – aka ‘The Cat’ for his ability to sleep at times when others would be pacing the room - is known now as an entertaining commentator on cricket matches, as well as having a background in TV reality shows. For those of us with longer memories, he is the cricket player who was a cheeky chap......more

I am the first to admit, I am not a diehard cricket fan. I don't dislike it, but my interest has always been passive - everything I know I have either learned from my husband and any friends who ARE cricket fans, or from the dulcet tones of 'Test Match Special' on the radio in the kitchen. That said......more

Many thanks to HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for providing this advanced copy Phil Tufnell’s Tuffers’ Ashes Heroes reads like a conversation with a beloved raconteur who knows cricket inside out. Across fifty profiles of Ashes legends from England and Australia, Tufnell blends affectionate humour, p......more

As a lifelong cricket fan who has read numerous cricket books in his life but very few recently this book came as a breath of fresh air. We are all familiar with Phil Tufnell either as a radio or TV commentator/pundit or Question of Sport captain or Strictly Come Dancing contestant for nine weeks. A......more