Enjoy For Free The Test: My Life, And The Inside Story Of The Greatest Ashes Series Conceived By Simon Jones Available As Manuscript

a no frills approach, built around playbyplay accounts of each

session of theAshes series, So it's not a celebrity memoir, this despite the publishers' obsession with Kevin Pietersen and requires a decent knowledge of cricket language and characters, No dumbeddown explanations of what Lord's is, For me, that's a good thing,

He's a fairly modest character off the field at least and I'm not sure the writer's nailed down a distinctive voice for him, But the asides are very good how Jones discovered his speed and coaches helped him build on it the rhythms and emotions of taking part in one of the most intense test series ever the psychological effect of minor and serious injury, and the realities of dealing with a pro sport career cut short, even with serious wealth following into the game.


Like all cricket books it has a bad case of appendicitis, ending with pages and pages of scorecards, stats and padding, The sequencing of the book feels contrived, but at least it spreads out the matchreport chapters, and I approve of the Pooh Bear "in which, . . " chapter headings. With the Ashes just days away Im getting myself into the mood by reading cricket stuff, This autobiography by Simon Jones offers a vivid insight of theAshes series that most cricket fans will know back to front anyway, Knowing what happens doesnt reduce the enjoyment of hearing the tale through the eyes of a star performer whose injurydominated ins and outs had such a bearing on the matches.
Joness pace and technique were a unique contributor to Ashes success, The alcohol and ladfuelled backdrop while of the time, feels a far cry from whats expected of professional sportsmen today, eh Ben Stokes Eighteen years, eight series, eight defeats.
These are the facts. I look around the room, Were a young team. Strauss, Flintoff, Vaughan, the new guy, Kevin Pietersen, None of us remember England holding the Ashes, We are a generation that have grown up in Australias shadow,

InSimon Jones took part in the greatest Ashes series of all time, As a devastating fast bowler in a brave young England team, Jones went toe to toe with the might of the seemingly unbeatable Australians, Over the course of fiftyfour days Simon would experience the greatest highs of his career, and plunge to the lowest depths, The series would change his life for ever,

In chapters that alternate between an unforgettable, insider's account of each of the five Tests and the remainder of his life, Simon presents the raw and unvarnished truth behind international sport the joy and the sacrifice, the physical and mental cost and the unrelenting pressure.
Heroes emerge, and cricketing legends are made human, There is than one author with this nameSIMON JONES MBE is a former professional cricketer who played for England, Glamorgan, Hampshire and Worcestershire, Inhe tore through the Australian batting order, swinging the ball at pace, and inspiring some of Englands greatest ever victories as they regained the Ashes for the first time in almost twenty years.
That series he dismissed every single Australian batsman apart from Glenn McGrath, takingwickets at an average of, Injury forced him out of the final match at the Oval and prevented him from playing Test cricket again, He subsequently fought for eight years to return to the top level despite a series of further setbacks, Now retired, he lives in Cardiff with his wife Justin There is than one author with this nameSIMON JONES MBE is a former professional cricketer who played for England, Glamorgan, Hampshire and Worcestershire.
Inhe tore through the Australian batting order, swinging the ball at pace, and inspiring some of England's greatest ever victories as they regained the Ashes for the first time in almost twenty years.
That series he dismissed every single Australian batsman apart from Glenn McGrath, takingwickets at an average of, Injury forced him out of the final match at the Oval and prevented him from playing Test cricket again, He subsequently fought for eight years to return to the top level despite a series of further setbacks, Now retired, he lives in Cardiff with his wife Justine and his two young sons, sitelink.