Hollow Crown, The: England Cricket Captains from 1945 to the Present
By Mark Peel
Hardcover
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By Mark Peel
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Awardwinning cricket writer Mark Peel charts the development of the England captaincy from the autocratic captains of the postwar years to the dual captaincy of the present, where power is shared between captain and coach. Peel examines the huge demands the England captaincy imposes on the occupant and why few leave office with their reputation enhanced. You'll learn about the longlasting legacy of the Hutton captaincy of the mid1950s, the downfall of mavericks such as Brian Close, To...


