Ashes Diary 2015

by Michael Clarke

Michael Clarke's diary of the 2015 Ashes - honest, insightful, emotional, explosive.After a stirring 5-0 triumph against England last summer, hopes were high that Michael Clarke's World Cup-winning Australians would seize the Ashes on English soil for the first time since 2001.Ashes Diary 2015 tells the inside story of a remarkable series filled with dramatic twists and turns. Captain Clarke takes us behind the scenes of the Australian squad - into the dressing rooms, onto the tour bus, profiling the players and getting us up close and personal for every team talk, strategy meeting and training session.Day by day, Clarke shares with us the innermost feelings and private thoughts as the Australian captain while he negotiates form breakdowns, selection meltdowns, dizzying highs and despairing lows on the hunt for an historic victory. After 115 Tests over more than a decade, Ashes Diary 2015 is Michael Clarke's straight-shooting farewell to cricket.

Genres: Nonfiction

304 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

About the author

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Michael John Clarke AO (born 2 April 1981) is an Australian former cricketer. He was captain of the Australian cricket team in both Test and One Day International (ODI) between 2011 and 2015, leading Australia to victory in the 2015 Cricket World Cup. He also served as captain of the Twenty20 International (T20I) side between 2007 and 2010. With his time representing Australia, Clarke won multiple ICC titles with the team: the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the 2015 Cricket World Cup which he was the winning captain, and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.

Nicknamed "Pup",[2] Clarke was a right-handed middle-order batsman, an occasional left-arm orthodox spin bowler and also a slip catcher. He represented New South Wales at a domestic level.

Clarke retired from all forms of cricket after the final Test of the 2015 Ashes series.

source: Wikipedia

Reviews

[Felicity · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don’t know why there are so many Michael Clarke haters out there. He was tough enough on himself, others didn’t need to be as well. He had talent as a player and turned out to be a pretty good captain, winning a lot more games than he lost. He led Australia to a World Cup victory and won the Allan Border medal FOUR times! He may not have won the Ashes on English soil, but led Australia to a 5-0 white wash last series. Apart from all that, this book gives a good insight into the 2015 Ashes series. It’s good to see it through the eyes of the captain, and understand all the tactical thinking and variables that come into the game of Test cricket – form vs experience, whether the pitch favours batting or bowling and how will this change on each of the five days, the ground, the weather (especially in England), the mix of accurate/consistent bowlers and strike bowlers, dig in batsmen and aggressive hitters. As a captain there are a lot of things to juggle, as well as the welfare of the players. It’s amazing any of them manage to do their own role as well.

[Philip Rebula · Rating 3 out of 5]

This diary is a good insight into Michael Clarke's emotional roller coaster throughout the last games of his career. It's great to see his thought patterns when riding the highs and lows and to hear from him directly regarding all the negativity surrounding his retirement. All in all it was a great read and I have much respect for him having read it. I only gave it 3 stars because it is a little repetitive and if you don't understand/like cricket you won't enjoy it.

[Callum · Rating 4 out of 5]

The book is written like most of Micheal's books. Plainly and very simply. He just uses his audio diary for his books. This is a great book for cricket fans as has many term and traditions in it. This series is hard for him so has a lot of his emotions with in it. I would recommend this book to people age 12+ that have a sport or cricket intrest.