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Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Some men are born medium-paced, some achieve medium-pace others have medium-pace thrust upon them. Bowlers who take wickets not with pace or spin, but - at speeds between 65 and 85mph - by nagging accuracy are the commonest in cricket. So far, however, nobody has paid them any attention. Examining the history of medium-pace bowling, this book explains how swing actually works, and tells the story of some of the great and not-so-great dobbers who 'do...
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Publisher
Know the Score
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Featuring a plethora of interviews with current stars and major cricketing figures, 'Following On' presents the story of the 2009 cricket year from the perspective of the 15 players who won England the 1998 Under-19 World Cup, telling their individual stories along the way.
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Publisher
Willow
Pub. Date
2017
Description
In Cricket My Way, Ian elaborates on his philosophy, explaining just why a positive attitude to all matches can pay dividends and how much he, despite his reputation as a brilliant individualist, places a heavy reliance on the traditional skills of the game. Packed with examples from his own experiences, and illustrated with both photographs and diagrams, Ian?s book is a forceful affirmation of his view that cricket, played well, can be the most exciting...
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Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Early evening on Sunday 14th July 2019. Lord's Cricket Ground in London. Something had just happened in the sport of cricket that had never happened before: England had won the Cricket World Cup for the very first time since the tournament's inception in 1975. At the epicentre of England's historic triumph was Ben Stokes, the talismanic all-rounder with an insatiable appetite for The Big Occasion. He contributed an absolutely critical 84 runs off...
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Series
Generation cricket volume 1
Publisher
Wayland
Pub. Date
2015
Description
'Generation Cricket' celebrates the rejuvenation of the game, giving readers a sense of the drama, action and skill involved in playing the game. This volume looks at everything involved in playing cricket, from batting, fielding and bowling to scoring, equipment and the pitch. The rules of the game, including the ever-complex LBW law, are explained, along with how runs are made, and the numerous ways a player can be 'out'.
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Description
David 'Bumble' Lloyd is one of cricket's great characters - hilarious, informative and insightful, and filled with boundless enthusiasm for the game. Here, he tells the stories of the most important, influential, talented, and entertaining characters he has come across in sixty years in the game.
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Where is Pradeep S. Mathew - spin bowler extraordinaire and 'the greatest cricketer to walk the earth'? Retired sportswriter W. G. Karunasena is dying, and he wants to know. W.G. will spend his final months drinking arrack, making his wife unhappy, ignoring his son and tracking down the mysterious Pradeep. On his quest he will also uncover a coach with six fingers, a secret bunker below a famous stadium, a Tamil Tiger warlord, and startling truths...
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Publisher
Corinthian
Pub. Date
2009
Description
Having recently decided to bring his playing days to an end, Alec Stewart's book is full of anecdotes from his sporting life in cricket. He also explores the state of world cricket today before assessing how the sport should evolve and embrace the future.
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Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2019.
Description
Legendary cricket broadcaster Henry Blofeld takes the reader on a journey from A-Z through the world of cricket. In his trademark charming style, Blowers goes through the alphabet, explaining some of the puzzling cricket terminology and regaling his favourite anecdotes from his fifty years in the sport, covering the most important moments in the sport's history as well as the most entertaining and amusing.
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Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2017
Description
Phil Tufnell, cricket legend and national treasure, has populated his very own Cricket Hall of Fame with a deliciously eclectic collection of cricket legends and offbeat characters, with joyful results. From boyhood heroes, to legendary team-mates, to fearsome opponents, to idiosyncratic umpires and broadcasters, Tuffers has gathered together the most enchanting cast of cricketing figures every assembled.
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Yellow Jersey Press
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Cricket is unique among sports in its psychological aspect. Time, opportunity and the constant threat of disaster can drive its participants to despair. Surviving a single 100 mph delivery takes the body and brain to the edges of their capabilities, yet the game's abiding image is of the village green, and the glorious absurdities of the amateur player. By blending legends of the game, from Vivian Richards to Brian Lara, Kevin Pietersen to Ricky Ponting,...
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Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Pub. Date
2005
Description
Describing some of the most exciting and controversial cricket clashes between England and Australia since 1877, this title looks at the great matches, as well as some of the sub-plots which have been a regular feature of the meetings between the two nations.
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Publisher
Headline
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Phil Tuffnell offers his unique take on the whole Ashes experience. Drawing on incidents from his own colourful career and the reminiscences of great English and Aussie cricket characters, both past and present, Tuffers highlights all the elements that make for a truly memorable Ashes series, on and off the pitch.
Publisher
Wisden
Pub. Date
2017
Description
The most famous sports book in the world, 'Wisden Cricketers' Almanack' has been published every year since 1864. Home to some of the finest sports writing of the year - from the likes of Lawrence Booth, Gideon Haigh, Rob Smyth, Patrick Collins, Simon Wilde, Osman Samiuddin, Tony Cozier, Benj Moorehead, Raf Nicholson, and Dileep Premachandran - it includes the eagerly awaited Notes by the Editor, the Cricketers of the Year awards, and the famous obituaries....
18) Selection day
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Pub. Date
2016
Description
Manjunath Kumar is fourteen. He knows he is good at cricket - if not as good as his elder brother Radha. He knows that he fears and resents his domineering and cricket-obsessed father, admires his brilliantly talented sibling and is fascinated by the world of CSI and by curious and interesting scientific facts. But there are many things, about himself and about the world, that he doesn't know. Sometimes it seems as though everyone around him has a...
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Publisher
Ebury
Pub. Date
2008
Description
This is the hilarious story of one man's lifelong obsession with cricket. From his earliest awkward days as a fat boy growing up in a Brighton sweetshop to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates still chasing the sweet spot, cricket has offered a shelter from life's irksome realities & a place in which to quietly dream.
Publisher
Wisden Sports Writing
Pub. Date
2019
Description
The most famous sports book in the world, Wisden has been published every year since 1864. Wisden 2019, the 156th edition, contains coverage of every first-class game in every cricket nation, and reports on all Test matches, ODIs and T20 internationals. Trenchant opinion, compelling features and comprehensive records make it the cricketers' bible worldwide.