<p><b>''The best cricket writer in the world'' <i>Guardian</i></b><br><b><br>''The Bradman of cricket writing'' <i>Sunday Telegraph</i></b><br><b><br>''The finest cricket writer alive'' <i>The Australian</i></b><br><br><b>''Australia''s finest writer on cricket'' </b><i><b>The Times</b></i><br><b><br>''The most gifted cricket essayist of his generation'' Richard Williams, <i>Guardian</i></b><br><br>In <i>On The Ashes</i>, Gideon Haigh, today''s pre-eminent cricket writer, has captured over a century and half of Anglo-Australian cricket, from WG Grace to Don Bradman, from Bodyline to Jim Laker''s 19-wicket match, from Ian Botham''s miracle at Headingley to the phenomena of Patrick Cummins and Ben Stokes, today''s Ashes captains.<br><br>From over three decades of covering The Ashes, Gideon has brought together an enduring vision of this timeless contest between Australia and England - the world''s oldest sporting rivalry - from the colonial era to the present day.</p>