Ashley Gray

Cricket-tragic, award-winning author of The Unforgiven and football nostalgia man

[Richard Whitehead @RWhitehead61]

What an amazing evening at @HomeOfCricket. Hard to describe the thrill of winning such a prestigious award against stiff competition. Thanks to so many people who made Victory in Australia happen. Couldn’t resist a photo with Len Hutton! @BloomsburySport @CricketSociety

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@RWhitehead61 Well done! I knew you would do it. A fantastic book gets the reward it deserves!

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@butcher_roland @JacobBethell Should be playing for WI!

[My Sports Books @mysportsbooks]

🎄📚 Day 1 of our Advent Book Recommendations!

Kicking off the festive season with one of my all-time favourite sports: cricket! 🏏 If you're a fan or know someone who is, this book is a must-read this Christmas.

Unforgiven - Ashley Gray - https://t.co/wiQaqyBQbP

Check it out and grab your copy from My Sports Books

#AdventBook #CricketLovers #ChristmasReads #BookRecommendation #SportsBooks @AshG66

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@BarryNi43496388 And excellent books they are!

[Richard Whitehead @RWhitehead61]

A chance to buy Victory in Australia at a bargain price.

Deal: Victory in Australia: The Remarkable Story of England's Greatest Ashes Triumph 1954-55 https://t.co/I9c541woPe

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Hearing the sad news 1975 WC winner Bernard Julien has died. A handsome, talented all-rounder, BJ carried the impossible burden of being labelled the “next Sobers”, but still thrilled with bat and ball. RIP.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@Ribs72 @ListerProd @gavethecrowd I spoke to Paul about this. I agree with Jimmy A that the very notion of the WI has outlived its purpose. It was a vehicle for independence and self assertion in the wider world, but that motivation is no longer there. However, money cures all ills. But where will it come from?

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

All Aussie fans should read @RWhitehead61’s masterly new book on the 1954-55 Ashes. A timely reminder that if Pat’s boys aren’t on the job, the Poms will snatch the urn back, just like they did under Hutton 70 years ago. It’s also a superbly crafted work. Book of the year IMHO.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@Marcus60s70s80s @CullivanPeter @Irfanooq Definitely Collis K on the right. Not sure of the guy on the left.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Sad to see Simmo go. Australian cricket would not be the same without him. I caught up with him in 2019, 38 years after our first contact, and he was still fighting the good fight.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Looking forward to reading @RWhitehead61’s Victory in Australia which is already earning stellar reviews.

[Barry Nicholls @BarryNi43496388]

Available in all good bookstores, Amazon etc.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Test wicketkeeping legend and second oldest living West Indian Jackie Hendriks’ new autobiography is an engrossing read. Available at https://t.co/lfEP8cJSlG

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

@CaribCricket @Santokie89 Agreed. Too old and too late.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

WI batting titan Lawrence “Yagga” Rowe, WI team of the century wk Jackie Hendriks - aged a spritely 91 - and a very grateful scribe in Kingston.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Two rebels and a rogue. With Lawrence “Yagga” Rowe and Herbert Chang in Greenwich Town, Kingston. Their first meeting in 42 years. Respeck!

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Another excellent contribution to cricket history from @PatRodgers2

[Pat Rodgers @PatRodgers2]

New book available now. Syd Emery toured England in 1912 but there is much more to the life of “Mad Mick”. Please message me if you would like a copy directly through me.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Another fine Scribes lunch at the Hero of Waterloo and an excellent talk from Max Bonnell on the art of scribing and his new book Brick by Brick: The Australian Cricketers in England 1964.

[Ashley Gray @AshG66]

Lovely to meet the great prince of prose.

[Anindya Dutta 🇮🇳 @Cric_Writer]

A pleasure meeting fellow #cricketwriter @AshG66 in Sydney. My book on #IndianSpin #WizardsOfSpin and his masterpiece #TheUnforgiven on the fate of the #SouthAfricaRebeltour #WestIndies players, were released at the same time. After years of corresponding we met today finally.