Overthrowing Cricket's Empire: How Every Team Beat England for the First Time

Cricket was once used as a tool to colonise. What happens when those countries grow up? Overthrowing Cricket's Empire unearths the audacious stories of teams toppling the cricket colossus, England.

From W.G. Grace's Ashes-igniting run-out to Calum MacLeod's modern heroics, the book spans 150 years of fierce history. New Zealand's unexpected draws in 1949, Zimbabwe’ s poultry farmer heroics, Ireland's audacious chase and hair, India’ s elephantine triumph and South Africa’ s spin saga are all...