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The king of Spain and I : surviving cricket, depression and the greatest ever ashes

ISBN: 9781915237606
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Fairfield Books
Origin: GB
Release Date: July, 2025

Book Details

Ashley Giles has been at the heart of some of English cricketas biggest moments this century, and will forever be remembered for the pivotal role he played in the greatest Ashes ever played.A Documenting how the game roused itself in 2005, Giles brings an astute eye to the madness of an unforgettable summer, offering the inside track on a series that would irrevocably change the course of English cricket. But Gilesa story is about much more than Ashes glory. Based on personal writings stretching back to his early days as a rookie at Warwickshire, this is a deeply intimate account of a sportsman on the edge, one who survived the enemies of self doubt, imposter syndrome and depression to first establish himself in the professional game and then a against the odds a become a constant presence inA the dressing rooms of Pietersen, Flintoff, Vaughan and Hussain.