Download or read book Cycling to the Ashes written by Oli Broom and published by Yellow Jersey. This book was released on 2014-07-03 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One man, one bike, two Mongoose cricket bats, one tropical disease, 16,000 miles and a lot of dead kangaroos âe¦ Oli Broom loves cricket. So much so that in 2009 he left his 9 to 5 in London and set off to cycle to Brisbane for the Ashes. Along the way he played cricket in the shadow of the Blue Mosque, slept in a goat pen in Sudan, dodged a 5-metre crocodile in the outback, battled mountains in sub-zero temperatures in Bulgaria and successfully negotiated the treacherous highways of India. Starring the colourful characters he met on his travels, this is a funny and poignant tale for anyone whoâe(tm)s ever dreamt of jacking in the day job to embark on an incredible adventure.