Cricket Explained Contributor(s): Eastaway, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0312094116 ISBN-13: 9780312094119 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $16.19 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1993 Annotation: Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor "rounders". This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by a world authority on the sport, the co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamentals -- basic rules, terminology, equipment -- to the finer points of strategy, individual playing styles, and cricket lore. The book includes a combined glossary/index for easy reference and is illustrated throughout with the lighthearted drawings of British cartoonist Mark Stevens. So even if you don't know "short leg" from "silly mid off" or a bowler from a batsman, you'll come away from Cricket Explained with an understanding for this truly international sport which, like baseball, is loved both for its elegant simplicity and its vexing complexity. Among the topics covered in Cricket Explained's concise, user-friendly entries are: |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Cricket - Sports & Recreation | Reference - Reference | Dictionaries |
Dewey: 796.358 |
LCCN: 93009664 |
Physical Information: 0.41" H x 5.58" W x 8.54" (0.43 lbs) 144 pages |
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Publisher Description: Cricket Explained offers the sports enthusiast a user-friendly introduction to baseball's British cousin, a game that shares with America's national pastime the common ancestor rounders. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eastaway, Robert: - Rob Eastaway is a writer, lecturer and cricket-lover. He is a life-long follower of Lancashire CCC and spends his summer weekends playing cricket-he is one of those bowlers who rub the ball on their trousers. His other books include Why Do Buses Come in Threes?, How Long Is a Piece of String? and Mindbenders and Brainteasers. |