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Tuffers' Ashes Heroes: Legends and characters from both sides of cricket's divide
By (Author) Phil Tufnell
HarperCollins Publishers
HarperCollins
1st March 2026
23rd October 2025
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
Memoirs
Autobiography: sport
Humour
Hardback
320
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 23mm
270g
The ultimate Ashes read for cricket lovers from National Treasure Phil Tufnell.
Phil Tufnell played in five Ashes series and has commentated on another ten. With the next tear-up just around the corner, 'Tuffers' has sat down and personally chosen his 50 Ashes 'legends' from the modern era and from both sides of the divide.
Tuffers' Ashes Heroes is crammed with cricketers he has played with or against, admired from afar, enjoyed a drink with or just knows well. Everyone from Ian Botham, Freddie Flintoff, Jimmy Anderson and Stuart Broad to Merv Hughes, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne and Steve Smith.
Each 'hero' gets a properly funny, entertaining and affectionate pen portrait. 'Heroes', 'legends' and 'characters': all knitted together into the perfect cricket lover's book and written with Tufnell's trademark warmth, self-effacing humour and unmatched storytelling.
Phil Tufnell is one of Britain's most beloved sporting and broadcasting icons. He was born in Barnet in 1966 and played cricket for Middlesex and England between 1986 and 2002, winning 42 Test caps and taking 121 wickets. Since retiring from the game, he has become a hugely popular summariser on Test Match Special, a decorated author and a team captain on A Question of Sport, and won I'm a Celebrity...Get Me out of Here!