The Comeback Summer by Geoff Lemon

The Comeback Summer by Geoff Lemon

SHORTLISTED for the Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year 2021 Geoff Lemon takes on The Comeback Summer of cricket, in this gripping follow-up to the multi-award-winning Steve Smith’s Men. At the height of the 2019 season, the biggest names in Australian and English cricket faced off for sporting glory – and public forgiveness. It was always going to be a summer to remember. Steve Smith, captain of the Australian team, a batsman with a short at rivalling the greatest of all time. Ben Stokes, star of the English team, an all-rounder with a knack for moments of genius. Both disgraced in scandals of very different kinds. Both attempting a tough comeback trail through the most crucial contests in cricket: the World Cup back-to-back with the Ashes. Geoff Lemon was there, in the commentary boxes and on the boundaries, for this season of unparalleled drama on the field. The Comeback Summer is an insightful, lively and sharp take on the cricketing world, which asks why we’re so obsessed with the idea of sport as a means of redemption.

Geoff Lemon has covered cricket since 2010, touring with the Australian men’s and women’s teams since 2013 for outlets including including the BBC, Wisden Almanack, The Guardian, The Cricketer, The Saturday Paper and ESPNcricinfo. He has worked on radio and television in Australia, England, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Sri Lanka, the Caribbean, Ireland and the UAE, and hosts cricket podcast The Final Word. His last book, Steve Smith's Men, was named Wisden Book of the Year, MCC & Cricket Society Book of the Year, Cricket Writers' Club Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for The Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year and the Mark & Evette Moran NIB Literary Award.

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ISBN 13	9781743797150
ISBN 10	174379715X
Title	The Comeback Summer
Author	Geoff Lemon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hardie Grant Books
Year published	2020-12-10
Number of pages	320
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