The Ashes: Collector's Edition | Issue 14

JUDGEMENT DAY

I can’t think of anything in sport that compares to the Ashes. For the players it’s career-defining. So many have flown to Australia full of hope and associated expectation. Only to be chewed up, spat out, and never seen again. Such public, personal, and professional significance has inspired this, our second Collector’s Edition magazine.

England Urn-winners Graeme Swann, Ashley Giles, and Chris Broad all chip in. While we sit down with another of the ‘hope and expectation’ brigade, Josh Tongue.

The cover artwork sets the tone for this celebratory issue. Capturing the anticipation, in this instance, of a nick to the slip cordon – heading in the direction of players dressed in the uniforms worn over the 149 years of competition.

Whether you’re lucky enough to have tickets at the MCG, the right-and-relevant subscriptions, or maybe even a dodgy stick, we hope the following 130-or-so pages stir
in you all the nostalgia and excitement worthy of the occasion.

“Gentlemen, let hostilities begin...”