Frank Tyson (1930–2015)
Auteur de The Ashes
Œuvres de Frank Tyson
In the eye of the Typhoon : recollections of the M.C.C. tour of Australia 1954/55 (2004) 4 exemplaires
Benson and Hedges international cricket 1977 1 exemplaire
The Sportsmen Who Laughed Omnibus 1 exemplaire
Cricketer ( magazine) November 1973 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Tyson, Frank Homes
- Date de naissance
- 1930-06-06
- Date de décès
- 2015-09-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Farnworth, Lancashire, England, UK
- Lieux de résidence
- Middleton, Lancashire, England, UK
Victoria, Australia - Études
- Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Middleton
Durham University - Professions
- cricketer
teacher - Organisations
- English test cricketer
- Prix et distinctions
- Wisden Cricketer of the Year, 1956
Membres
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 20
- Membres
- 86
- Popularité
- #213,013
- Évaluation
- 3.3
- Critiques
- 1
- ISBN
- 26
Still, Tyson gives a decent enough recount of the series, comfortably won by Australia (the hapless hookers of the title refer to the West Indian batsmen), and gives us glimpses into West Indies captain Clive Lloyd's development of the West Indies team that would dominate world cricket for over a decade. Lloyd saw the damage Lillee and Thomson incurred on the West Indies and set about building a fearsome fast bowling attack of his own, centred around Andy Roberts and Michael Holding, who both make appearances here (Roberts more successfully than Holding).
As with all cricket books, much of their charm comes in the snapshot in time they provide, and florid language aside, "The Hapless Hookers" give us a moment in time just as the germination of the most feared bowling line up in history was at its nascent beginnings.… (plus d'informations)