In the last decade, Australian cricket has ruled the roost, keeping seldom challenged custody of the World Cup, the Ashes, the Frank Worrell Trophy, and the World Test and One-Day Championships. The Green and Golden Age collects Gideon Haigh's writings on this extraordinary dynasty: the great players, the big matches, the seedy scandals, the striving rivals. Haigh reports not just what made the history, but what it has meant for international cricket to have a nation on top for so long, and the challenges and contradictions facing a game pervaded by commerce and politics. The Green & Golden Age is sports writing at its most passionate, intelligent and irreverent.