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Cricket is a physically and mentally demanding sport - requiring multi-directional speed, coordination and agility, not to mention excellent fitness levels. This book provides a complete conditionin……続きを見る

"I'm in the team – can you come and watch me play?" If you will be sitting by a cricket pitch this summer, mystified by the antics on the field in front of you, this is the book for you. Not only wi……続きを見る

Sport studies and sports history have witnessed a recent substantial increase in publications. However, the relationship between literature and sport has been little explored. Sport, Literature, Soc……続きを見る

I'm in the team can you come and watch me play? If you will be sitting by a cricket pitch this summer, mystified by the antics on the field in front of you, Cricket Made Simple is the book for you. ……続きを見る

'Are you really trying to tell me you haven't heard of Peter Legend?' asked Peter Legend, incredulously. I had to admit that I hadn't. And I like to think I know a bit about cricket. Three of us had……続きを見る

The cricket world's bestselling pocket annual. The indispensable guide to the season. The Playfair Cricket Annual 2017 includes coverage of the 2016 season, including the Specsavers County Champions……続きを見る

THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF PROMISED LAND AND DOES YOUR RABBI KNOW YOU'RE HERE? SETS HIS FOCUS TO YORKSHIRE, AND ITS ENDANGERED STATUS AS A SPORTING POWERHOUSE. 'If you want to know how it feels to be……続きを見る

In the movie Bull Durham, frustrated manager Joe Riggins stresses to his team, "This is a simple game. You throw the ball. You hit the ball. You catch the ball." This simplification works well for b……続きを見る

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It's one thing to be 14 years old and a loser. It's one thing to be the class swot, and hopelessly infatuated with someone who doesn't know you exist. But what kind of teenager is besotted with an e……続きを見る

Nowt stops for cricket in Yorkshire. Passion runs deep, beyond those in whites, to the groundsmen, tea ladies, scorers and umpires who embody the game. All Wickets Great and Small is a romp across t……続きを見る

This book is for anyone that is looking to get more out of the wonderful game of Cricket, whether you are actually playing the game or simply enjoying it from the stands or on T.V. Cricket has a lon……続きを見る

He was the greatest batsman of his generation and, as captain, possessed the sharpest tactical mind in the game. Bursting onto the scene in 2004 with a Test century on debut, Michael Clarke was Aust……続きを見る

To generations Richie Benaud was an astute observer of cricket, a fixture of television coverage. Behind the public façade was a charming man whose modesty and firmness of opinion dictated that no o……続きを見る

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 resu……続きを見る

In 1985 Mike Brearley published The Art of Captaincy, revealing how he steered Middlesex and England to victory with his team of first-class cricketers. He got the absolute best out of his players, ……続きを見る

“The Boys' Guide to Cricket” is a simple and concise guide to the game of cricket aimed at children. This volume covers all the basics of the game, from the required equipment and how to hold the ba……続きを見る

Many of the finest English sport stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affo……続きを見る

A few lines only are necessary to explain the object with which these volumes are put forth. There is no modern encyclopædia to which the inexperienced man, who seeks guidance in the practice of the……続きを見る

What makes Virat Kohli the undisputed monarch of the cricket world today is not his iconic status in the sports hierarchy but that the highest praise comes from the opposition camp and past greats. ……続きを見る

Cricket matches didn't always top out at five days, regardless of a result or not – they used to be 'timeless', with play continuing until one team won, no matter how many days that took. The last o……続きを見る

इस पुस्तक का उद्देश्य किसी पर आक्षेप लगाना नहीं है। हां, इसका उद्देश्य दुनिया को कठोर सच्चाई से अवगत कराना अवश्य है ताकि आवश्यक प्रतिक्रिया हो एवं इस पर लगाम लग सके। इस पुस्तक के कुछ सनसनीखेज शीर्षक……続きを見る

The Oval in Kennington, south London – with its instantly recognisable gasholders – is one of sport's most iconic and popular venues. It has played host to an array of blue-ribbon sporting events ov……続きを見る

Atul Kumar's amazing insight and candid narration is at its very best in this eye-opener for all cricket lovers in the world. An explosive account of how matches in the 2016 T20 World Cup were fixed……続きを見る

The Indian mouse Cricket Caper is a sequel to the Mouse Cricket Caper set at Lord’s Cricket Ground. Having survived the invasion of their home, life for the Lord’s pavilion mice is getting back to n……続きを見る

WINNER OF THE LORD ABERDARE LITERARY PRIZE, 1994 SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD, 1994 Now with a new introduction by Rahul Bhattacharya, Anyone But England is a detai……続きを見る

More than any other sport, cricket highlights our peculiarities and quirks, our strengths and weaknesses – sporting or otherwise. It welcomes all-comers, no matter what their quirks or achievements.……続きを見る

A definitive tome, essential to all cricket book collectors and Wisden readers. In the early 1980s Wisden published four anthologies that celebrated the best of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack stretchin……続きを見る

This vintage book provides information on the essentials of cricket in the form of a comprehensive yet concise treatise. With explanations of the rules, instructions for proper play, and tips on mas……続きを見る

First published in 1986 and now available as an ebook. Batsman of international renown, Captain of England, David Gower scaled heights other cricketers must envy. He successfully led one of the best……続きを見る