Hollow Crown, The

England Cricket Captains from 1945 to the Present

Mark Peel

• Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• eBook ISBN:
  9781785317040
• Year: 2020

Award-winning cricket writer Mark Peel charts the development of the England captaincy from 1945 to the present, with portraits of England's 43 captains. Is England's failure to produce sufficient leaders of stature - especially in comparison with Australia - down to individual deficiencies or the exacting nature of the job?

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• The Twilight of the Amateur: 1945–52
• The Victorious Fifties: Hutton and May in Charge
• The Age of Attrition: 1961–80
• The Age of Instability: 1980–89
• The Hour Before Dawn: Captaincy in the 1990s
• The Modern Captaincy: 1999 to the Present
• Conclusion
• Endnotes
• Bibliography
• Photos