The inside story of how England won the T20 Cricket World Cup, from
the players and key people involved.
When England lifted the T20 World Cup in November 2022, they became the
first ever men's team to be One-Day International and Twenty20 world
champions simultaneously. In English sport, triumphs aren't just rare -
they also tend to be followed by a collapse. England's white-ball
cricket side was different: a team that followed scaling the summit by
doing so again. They became, as Australia's captain put it, "the
benchmark" for the rest of the world.
White Hot tells the full story of how England built one of the most
extraordinary sides ever seen in limited-overs cricket. First in 2019
and then in 2022, they produced a series of mesmerising performances to
win two World Cups. It is a story of the vision and strategy that
underpinned England's transformation from white-ball stragglers into a
side at the very cutting edge of their sport. It is a story of a golden
generation, and the development of a system that passed on those values
to the players that came next. And it is a story of how a conservative
sporting culture shed its inhibitions to become a hub of innovation
where players were free to be aggressive - even in the most important
games.
Featuring exclusive interviews with players at the heart of the 2019
World Cup win, including Joe Root and Jason Roy; the 2022 World Cup
victory, like Harry Brook, Sam Curran and Alex Hales; and double world
champions including Moeen Ali, Adil Rashid, Chris Woakes and Mark Wood.
With insight from coaches and administrators, including Trevor Bayliss,
Rob Key, Matthew Mott and Andrew Strauss, it reveals how England changed
their culture, attitude to unorthodoxy and approach to risk forever.
White Hot examines this incredible journey in forensic detail. This is
captivating reading for cricket fans - and anyone who wants to
understand how a floundering team can become record-breakers.
