As modern day cricket stumbles from one controversy to the next, this book is superbly timed to capture the nation's longing for a return to simpler, more noble times when the true spirit of cricket existed. Through Kilburn's writing, some of the game's past legends are brought to life among them Donald Bradman, Fred Trueman, Jack Hobbs, Keith Miller, Garfield Sobers, Hedley Verity, LenHutton and Walter Hammond.