This episode we look at the early history of the Ashes through a new book, so I got the author on. Arunabha Sengupta's book 'This Thing Can Be Done' was co-authored with Maha. We talk WG Grace, Ivo Bligh, Ted Pooley in jail, how Billy Murdoch took a catch against his own team, Imperial Cricket Conference, the big ship and ‘We'll get 'em in singles’.

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