by Mike Brearley, Nasser Hussain, Peter Baxter · Generation Publications Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9781903009369
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«Cricket's Greatest Battles» is a cricket book by Mike Brearley, Nasser Hussain and Peter Baxter, published by Generation Publications Ltd in hardcover (168 pages, in English).
The work brings together classic cricket matches analysed by three authors linked to the sport: Mike Brearley, Nasser Hussain and Peter Baxter. Each match is approached with its decisive moments and the surrounding context, through the eyes of those who have lived the game from within.
Published in July 2000, it is classified in the sports and recreation category; the cover subtitle is «Classic matches analysed by England's most astute captains».
For cricket fans interested in the history of the sport and in tactical analysis of the great encounters.
Nasser Hussain is an English cricket commentator and former player who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket, including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston, was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total. In Tests he scored 5,764 runs, and he took 67 catches, fielding predominantly in the second slip and gully.
