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Download and Read Legends of Cricket Online Book ByGeoff Armstrong Total Download 31 “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” -Henry David Thoreau Synopsis A fully illustrated collection of biographies of the 25 greatest cricketers of all time, as chosen by a panel of experts. This book is guaranteed to settle a few arguments and start a whole lot more. Book Preview Total Download 31

Download Arlott and Trueman on cricket Online Book ByJohn Arlott,Fred Trueman Total Download 24 “A good book is the purest essence of a human soul.” –Thomas Carlyle Synopsis Includes an anthology of cricket literature. Book Preview Total Download 24

Free Download My Spin on Cricket PDF ByRichie Benaud Total Download 13 “Classic – a book which people praise and don’t read.” –Mark Twain Synopsis 'What seeps through the pages is Benaud's passion for the game, his open-mindedness and his eye for a story. He has become a cricket institution' The Sunday Times 'His timing is magical, his phrasing simple and his choice of what and when, quite brilliant ... his heart beats upon our summer game and frequently acts as its conscience' Daily Telegraph 'It's his insight, loyalty, generosity and quick wit that has kept him at the very top' The Sun * * * * * * A Sunday Times top ten hardback bestseller, this is a hugely enjoyable celebration of the game of cricket, written by its most popular TV commentator. My Spin on Cricket tells the story of the great game through the ages, through personal anecdotes and a lively, well informed narrative by Richie Benaud, the popular cricket commentator and former Australian c...

Read and Download Women's Cricket and Global Processes PDF ByPhilippa Velija Total Download 21 I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. Synopsis How can the diffusion and development of women's cricket as a global sport be explained? Women 's Cricket and Global Processes considers the emergence and growth of women's cricket around the world and seeks to provide a sociological explanation for how and why the women's game has developed the way it has. Book Preview Total Download 21

Free Download Cricket Terminology Book PDF ByBooks, LLC Total Download 22 Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read. Synopsis Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 168. Chapters: Fielding, Leg spin, Test cricket, Bowling, Flipper, Off spin, First-class cricket, Left-arm unorthodox spin, Left-arm orthodox spin, Topspinner, Umpire, Googly, Hat-trick, Glossary of cricket terms, Fast bowling, Batting, Hawk-Eye, Cricket pitch, Dismissal, Tie, Batting average, Swing bowling, Leg before wicket, Duckworth-Lewis method, Follow-on, Wrist spin, Batting order, Underarm bowling, Super Over, Wicket-keeper, Bowler, All-rounder, Doosra, Hit wicket, Result, Umpire Decision Review System, Run out, Net run rate, Boundary, Playing time, Roundarm bowling, Day/Night cricket, Extra, Century, Tape ball, Innings, Handled the ball, Baggy green, Substitute, Stump, T...

Download and Read Arm-ball to Zooter Online Book ByLawrence Booth Total Download 4 “Books open your mind, broaden your mind, and strengthen you as nothing else can.” -William Feather Synopsis What's the difference between short leg and deep midwicket? When would you be thinking about bowling a yorker? What's so great about the sound of leather on willow? Cricket’s vocabulary is a mixture of jargon and cliché, poetry and prose, misty-eyed romanticism and old-gits’ cynicism. Arm-ball to Zooter is a witty guide to the peculiarities of the game, its history and major figures; cricket-lovers might find their own pet hates confirmed; cricket newcomers might be amazed at what cricket-lovers have been up to all these years. Book Preview Total Download 4

Read and Download Cricket's Changing Ethos Online Book PDF ByJon Gemmell Total Download 14 “I cannot remember the books I’ve read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson Synopsis This book examines historically how cricket was codified out of its variant folk-forms and then marketed with certain lessons sought to reinforce the values of a declining landed interest. It goes on to show how such values were then adapted as part of the imperial experiment and were eventually rejected and replaced with an ethos that better reflected the interests of new dominant elites. The work examines the impact of globalisation and marketization on cricket and analyses the shift from an English dominance, on a sport that is ever-increasingly being shaped by Asian forces. The book’s distinctiveness lies in trying to decode the spirit of the game, outlining a set of actual characteristics rather than a vague sense of values. An historical analysis shows...

Free Download Future of Cricket: The Rise of 20Twenty Cricket Online Book ByJohn Buchanan Total Download 14 “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” -Daniel Handler Synopsis An insider’s account of the development and launch of the tournament that may forever change the face of international cricket. Book Preview Total Download 14

Download Village Idiots? Online Book PDF ByTim Wade Total Download 37 “Be awesome! Be a book nut!” –Dr. Seuss Synopsis Village Idiots? is a series of essays on cricket generally (and English village cricket and customs in particular) by an Australian who has played the game for over 30 years in Melbourne, Singapore and London. The vehicle for these observations is the author's adopted English Village cricket team in Henley-on-Thames, with whom he has played for three years and scaled the giddy heights of Vice Captaincy. It contains reflections on staples like Afternoon Tea, English Weather, English Pubs and Touring. It also explores more 'contentious' subjects like Declaration Cricket, Women Supporters, the LBW Law and Captaincy - all in a light hearted way. This book should appeal to lovers of English quaintness and quirkiness in general, and cricket in particular. It is a gentle mocking from one of the 'Old Enemy', who has penetrated (and become besotted with) mi...

Download and Read Rain Men Online Book PDF ByMarcus Berkmann Total Download 2 “You know you’ve read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” –Paul Sweeney Synopsis There are many cricket books, and they are all the same. 'Don't Tell Goochie', autobiographical insights of nights on the tiles in Delhi with Lambie and the boys; 'Fruit cake days', a celebrated humourist recalls 'ball' - related banter of yore; and Wisden, a deadly weapon when combined with a thermos flask. Rain Men is different. Like the moment the genius of Richie Benaud first revealed itself to you, it is a cricketing epiphany, a landmark in the literature of the game. Shining the light meter of reason into cricket's incomparable madness, Marcus Berkmann illuminates all the obsessions and disappointments that the dedicated fan and pathologically hopeful clubman suffers year after year - the ritual humiliation of England's middle order, t...

Download Following On Online Book PDF ByEmma John Total Download 5 “Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all.” -Henry David Thoreau Synopsis 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 entire sports team – when the players are even bigger losers than she is? In 1993, while everyone else was learning Oasis lyrics and crushing on Kate Moss or Keanu, Emma John was obsessing over the England cricket team. She spent her free time making posters of the players she adored. She spent her pocket money on Panini stickers of them, and followed their progress with a single-mindedness that bordered on the psychopathic. The primary object of her affection: Michael Atherton, a boyishly handsome captain who promised to lead his young troops to glory. But what followed was one of the worst sporting streak...

Download Free Wisden's The Laws Of Cricket PDF ByDon Oslear Total Download 34 “Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.” –P.J. O’Rourke Synopsis WISDEN'S THE LAWS OF CRICKET sets out in full the text of the new laws of cricket, 42 in number (with permission of the MCC which own the copyright in them). For each law it provides a commentary covering the reasons for any changs, explaining the background, and highlighting how they are likely to affect the way the game is played at every level. Full discussion is devoted to the major contentious issues, such as the introduction of penalty runs for various misdemeanours, and the revisions to the 'no ball' law. Don Oslear, the distinguished umpire, has been intimately involved over several years in the process of drafting the new laws, and explains why they needed changing, what views his committe recieved from the governing bodies of all the cricketing nations and from players, spect...

Read and Download My Favourite Cricketer Online Book PDF ByJohn Stern Total Download 8 “A book is a device to ignite the imagination.” -Alan Bennett Synopsis Top-notch sports writers pay homage to the cricketers they most admire, past and present. Book Preview Total Download 8

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Download Free Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cricket But Were too Afraid to Ask Book PDF ByIain Macintosh Total Download 21 “Books support us in our solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves.” –Jeremy Collier Synopsis Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Cricket But Were too Afraid to Ask explains the often-baffling laws of modern sport in a light-hearted and easy-to-understand way to the new fan/spectator or the 'sport widow'. This is a witty, off-the-wall guide to the rules of modern cricket, as if written by a very patient but understanding friend. Writer Iain Macintosh explains how cricket works and why is it so popular, and reveals the history of the game. He guides the novice through the basic rules of the sport in a bouncy, easy-to-fathom style, but also explains the fast-changing pace of the modern game that has made it even more compelling. If you've ever wondered what a Barmy Army is and how you sign up, or even if you've just wanted...

Read and Download Tom Smith's Cricket Umpiring and Scoring Book PDF ByTom Smith Total Download 38 “A book worth reading is worth buying.” -John Ruskin Synopsis Tom Smith first wrote his guide for umpires and scorers in 1980. Since then, his indispensable guide has gone through six fully-revised editions. The 'new' Tom Smith is the first to be fully redesigned and updated for the 21st century. Its publication coincides with international recognition that there should be one universal standard for the training of umpires whatever country they operate in. The 'new' Tom Smith incorporates the full 2000 Code of the Laws of Cricket with subsequent amendments as ratified by the MCC and international and national cricket bodies. The freshly drawn diagrams are easy to follow and will be of value not only to umpires and scorers, but to all lovers of the game of cricket. As Richie Benaud, the great Australian cricketer and commentator, has said, he never goes without his copy...

Download A Social History of English Cricket PDF ByDerek Birley Total Download 34 “I often carry things to read so that I will not have to look at people.” –Charles Bukowski Synopsis DIV Acclaimed as a magisterial, classic work, A Social History of English Cricket is an encyclopaedic survey of the game, from its humble origins all the way to modern floodlit finishes. But it is also the story of English culture, mirrored in a sport that has always been a complex repository of our manners, hierarchies and politics. Derek Birley’s survey of the impact on cricket of two world wars, Empire and ‘the English caste system’, will, contends Ian Wooldridge, ‘teach an intelligent child of twelve more about their heritage than he or she will ever pick up at school.’ In just under 400 pages Birley takes us through a rich historical tapestry: how the game was snatched from rustic obscurity by gentlemanly gamblers; became the height of late eighteenth century metropolitan fashion; was turned into bot...