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Ten to Win...and the Last Man In
- My Pick of Test Match Cliffhangers
- Narrated by: Henry Blofeld
- Length: 9 hrs and 32 mins
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Summary
Is there anything in sport to compare with the sustained excitement of a cricket match, especially a Test match, in which the advantage continually fluctuates one way and then the other, and when the match enters its last few minutes, all four results are still possible?
After entertaining countless radio listeners around the world for decades, who better to convey the breathless drama of a Test match cliff-hanger than Henry Blofeld? Now, in Ten to Win...and the Last Man In, he has personally selected 30 matches featuring unforgettable finishes and brought them vividly to life again in his own inimitable way.
Ranging from the match-winning bowling of F. R. Spofforth against W. G. Grace's England in 1882, via the first tied Test between Benaud's Australia and Worrell's West Indies in 1960, to the never-say-die batting of Ben Stokes in 2019, he picks out the key events and performances of each memorable match and describes them as only he can.
Alongside the big-hitting heroics of Jessop in 1902 and Botham in 1981, he revisits less celebrated matches such as South Africa's hard-fought first Test win in 1906, as well as a crucial innings from Denis Compton in 1948 and a match-saving performance by a young Alan Knott in Guyana in 1968 - one of the most exciting matches he has ever witnessed first-hand.
Filled with colourful detail and informed by insight gained from a lifetime immersed in the sport he loves, Henry Blofeld's latest audiobook will leave the listener in no doubt - as he himself puts it - about 'what an absurdly irresistible game cricket can be'.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- David
- 01-08-23
Decent
It was pretty good but I thought the reading wasn’t great, although the story was very good
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- Michael McDermott
- 16-09-22
Ending the Summer With a Smile
As another summer draws to a close without Blowers on TMS, this has been a perfect listening accompaniement between test matches.
As the title suggests, this charts the most thrilling test matches (and a few ODIs) which ended on a knife edge. It is a feat that Henry does this retrospectively yet still capturing much of the tension and maintaining his distinctive affable tone - and with the odd chuckle thrown in for good measure!
Another trait of his commentary was to describe a player's demeanor, their gait and their face as they play and with a potted history of their playing record and sometime off the field shenanigans too. This book affords Blowers the opportunity to do this at leisure without being hurried by the onset of the next ball.
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