Endless Summers - The Test Cricket History of Australia

With a new captain, the Australians head to England in 1899 brimming with confidence after their series victory the previous year. A last minute addition makes a serious splash, whilst Australia's first great fast bowler puts in a performance for the ages. 

Depsite their loss in 1896, the Australians return home confident of success against the next English touring side. The English bring a strong squad, including the new wonder of English cricket Ranjitsinhji, but they run into a fired up Joe Darling, who will set new batting records with his performance in this series. 
 
This is part 1 of 2 episodes covering the 1897/98 series. Part 1 was released last week. 

Depsite their loss in 1896, the Australians return home confident of success against the next English touring side. The English bring a strong squad, including the new wonder of English cricket Ranjitsinhji, but they run into a fired up Joe Darling, who will set new batting records with his performance in this series. 
 
This is part 1 of 2 episdoes covering the 1897/98 series. Part 2 will be released the week after this one. 

The Australians head to England with a new captain in Harry Trott and attempt to win a series in the Mother country for only the second time. The series is a closely fought one and comes down to the final day where a new star emerges for the Australians. 

I look back over the first season of Endless Summers, what I learned and what surprised me. I also go through what I consider to be the best team from Australia and their opponents for era.
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The final episode of Season 1 sees new heroes rise as old favourites take their final bows on the Test stage with the backdrop of one of the most exciting and competitive Ashes series in years that goes all the way to the wire. 

Having finally broken their series win drought, Australia heads to England for the 1893 seriies with a renewed confidence, bringing along an eccentric Queenslander and a possible new star batsman from Victoria. However, things don't go quite to plan. 

WG Grace is finally convinced to tour Australia again for the first time in 18 years. With the local game in a resurgence, Australia comes up against one of the strongest English sides ever assembled as they look to break a 10 year drought against the old enemy. 

Billy Murdoch finally returns to a the Australian side after a 6 year absence, captaining the 7th touring side to travel to England. There, a future captain shows grit whilst a climactic finish to the second test has fans recalling the drama of 1882. 

Turner and Ferris take their double act on the road, breaking wicket taking records on the 1888 tour of England. The reliance on their brilliance achieves great results at first, but cracks begin to show as the tour progresses.