Golden Boy: Kim Hughes and the Bad Old Days of Australian Cricket

**Voted Wisden Cricket MonthlyS Best Cricket Book Ever In 2019**Winner, Best Cricket Book, British Sports Book Awards 2010_________________Golden Boy Is A Blistering Expos Of The Tumultuous Lillee/Marsh/Chappells Era Of Australian Cricket, As Viewed Through The Lens Of Flawed Genius Kim Hughes._________________Kim Hughes Was One Of The Most Majestic And Daring Batsmen To Play For Australia In The Last 40 Years. Golden Curled And Boyishly Handsome, His Rise And Fall As Captain And Player Is Unparalleled In Cricketing History. He Played Several Innings That Count As All-Time Classics, But ItS His Tearful Resignation From The Captaincy That Is Remembered.Insecure But Arrogant, Abrasive But Charming; In Hughes Character Were The Seeds Of His Own Destruction. Yet Was Hughes Fall Partly Due To Those Around Him, Men Who Are Themselves Legends In AustraliaS Cricketing History? Lillee, Marsh, The Chappells, All Had Their Agendas, All Were Unhappy With His Selection And Performance As Captain - Evidenced By Dennis LilleeS Tendency To Aim Bouncers Relentlessly At Hughes Head During Net Practice.Hughes Arrival On The Test Scene Coincided With The Most Turbulent Time Australian Cricket Has Ever Seen - First Kerry PackerS World Series Cricket, Then The Rebel Tours To South Africa. Both Had Dramatic Effects On Hughes Career. As He Traces The High Points And The Low, Christian Ryan Sheds New And Fascinating Light On The Cricket - And The Cricketers - Of The Times.