"No one feels the heat of Ashes battle more than the captains of England and Australia. The weight of national expectation, and more than 120 years of history, is on their shoulders from the moment they walk out to toss a coin and start a Test match that is like no other. The Captains' Tales offers a unique insight into the minds of a generation of captains from two great nations, who share with the reader what it feels like to call the shots in Test cricket s greatest cauldron. From Mike Brearley s cajoling of Ian Botham during the famous summer of 1981 to Ricky Ponting s revenge mission of 2006 07, each Ashes captain from the last quarter-century reveals what made them tick, their vision of where they wanted to take their team and how they handled key characters within their dressing room. The author, former Kent captain Dave Fulton, delves behind the scenes for clues about how these sporting generals constructed their battle plans and uses his own experience to determine their strengths and weakne"