Tuffers' Ashes Heroes: Legends and Characters from Both Sides of Cricket's Divide

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Phil Tufnell

Tuffers' Ashes Heroes

Legends and Characters from Both Sides of Cricket's Divide

Phil Tufnell

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HarperCollins
25 November 2025

Autobiography: sport; Memoirs; Humour; Cricket

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.

By: Phil Tufnell
Imprint: HarperCollins
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780008796990
ISBN 10: 0008796998
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 25 November 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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!