The Summer Game by Gideon Haigh

This is a historical account of the Australian national cricket team, and it captures various highs and lows of the team between 1949 and 1971. Authored by Gideon Haigh--one of the biggest cricket journalists around--this book chronicles the exploits of everyone from Richie Benaud and Keith Miller to Bob Simpson.

This is the perfect window into the post-Bradman and pre-one-day cricket era.

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