沃里克·阿姆斯特朗（Warwick Armstrong）是对极体的W.G.格蕾丝（W.G.Grace）。作为一个21石山的人，他在20世纪初的几十年里以其杰出的全能运动员统治着澳大利亚板球，并在1920-21赛季带领澳大利亚测试队在灰烬系列赛中取得了唯一的5-0胜利——这是一个历史性的壮举，就连史蒂夫·沃在2001年出色的球队都没能重复。脾气暴躁、脾气暴躁的他也可以说是现代第一位板球运动员。他要求自己的全部经济价值，玩到法律边缘，有时甚至超越法律，甚至预见到假球现象。当人们称他为大船时，他们的意思是他不会沉没。这本传记讲述了史蒂夫·沃（Steve Waugh）的精神祖先和他今天征服一切的澳大利亚人，是现代板球史上的一位真正的巨人。
The Big Ship: Warwick Armstrong and the Making of Modern Cricket
Warwick Armstrong was the W.G. Grace of the antipodes. A 21 stone mountain of a man, he dominated Australian cricket in the early decades of the 20th century as its outstanding all-rounder, and in 1920-21 led the Australian Test team to the only 5-0 victory in an Ashes series – a historic feat not even Steve Waugh’s remarkable 2001 side managed to repeat. Irascible and curmudgeonly, he was also arguably the first cricketer of the modern age. He demanded his full financial worth, played the game to the edge of the laws and sometimes beyond, and even anticipated the phenomenon of match-fixing. When people called him the Big Ship, they meant he was unsinkable. This is a biography of the spiritual forefather of Steve Waugh and his present-day all-conquering Australians, and a literally giant figure in the history of modern cricket.
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