The Tour

This is a comprehensive history of the overseas tours by England’s cricket teams, stretching from 1878 up to the Ashes tour of Australia in the winter of 2021/22. Simon Wilde has been reporting on cricket for decades and followed a lot of these tours himself. Obviously, the initial prospect of a tour......more

Fair play because the research and knowledge of this is unreal. But many parts just didn't interest me too much and I found myself reading without taking it in quite a bit. Is it me or the book? A bit of both probably. I prefer recent modern history such as the tours under Cook, Strauss and Vaughan......more

A really enjoyable and detailed read about all things to do with English cricket tours overseas from the 1850s through to the present day (2023). It jumps around quite a bit, and it's very detailed (which I think adds more than it detracts from), but be prepared for a lot of footnotes, endnotes and......more

Very well researched and meticulous book about England cricket tours from 1877 . Very detailed with some very insightful examples of the challenges faced and not just on the cricket field - travelling, boredom, pressures on flying the Great\Britain flag Empire/ Commonwealth, stress, ill health, ment......more

I'd assumed the book would cover England tours in their entirety in chronological order. However, it's instead divided into elements of touring such as selection, travel, performance, etc, and then provides snippets across all tours within each chapter, and this works very well. The author has treme......more