Wisden Dictionary of Cricket

2009-01-01
Wisden Dictionary of Cricket

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  • Author: Michael Rundell
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 1408101610
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 271

Do you know... - the difference between a chinaman and a doosra? - where to find cow corner, the V, and the corridor of uncertainty? - what Nelson, Merlyn and Michelle have to do with cricket? - how to get a ball to reverse-swing, or how the Duckworth/Lewis method works? - the origin of yorker, googly, and third man? The Wisden Dictionary of Cricket is the definitive guide to the noble game. This fully updated third edition is not only an A-Z guide to all things cricket, it also includes illustrations showing positions and strategy, and quotations from cricket literature worldwide - from 18th century match reports right up to the Darrell Hair affair. It will appeal to anyone with an interest in the game - from the seasoned aficionado to the youngest new recruit. If you've ever wondered why a batsman can expect a jaffa on a bunsen, or how to go aerial when you're on a shirtfront... this is the book for you.

The Dictionary of Cricket

1989
The Dictionary of Cricket

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  • Author: Michael Rundell
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN: 9781870630924
  • Category : Cricket
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 272

The Shorter Wisden 2022

2022-04-21
The Shorter Wisden 2022

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  • Author: Lawrence Booth
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1472990897
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 574

The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother – and the 2022 edition of Wisden is crammed, as ever, with the best writing in the game. Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, and all the front-of-book articles. In an age of snap judgments, Wisden's authority and integrity are more important than ever. Yet again this year's edition is truly a “must-have” for every cricket fan. In essence, The Shorter Wisden is a glass of the finest champagne rather than the whole bottle. @WisdenAlmanack

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1919

2020-10-01
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1919

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  • Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1472983815
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 330

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1866 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864

2020-01-06
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1864

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  • Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1472979052
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 116

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1864 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Cricket's Changing Ethos

2018-04-28
Cricket's Changing Ethos

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  • Author: Jon Gemmell
  • Publisher: Springer
  • ISBN: 3319763393
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 307

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 how imperialism, nationalism, commercialism and globalisation have shaped and adapted these characteristics. As such it will be of interest to students and scholars of sport sociology, post-colonialism, globalisation as well as those with an interest in the game of cricket and sport more generally.

The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2014

2013-12-04
The Wisden Guide to International Cricket 2014

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  • Author: Steven Lynch
  • Publisher: A&C Black
  • ISBN: 1408194740
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 273

With Tests and One Day Internationals now joined by Twenty20 games, there is more international cricket than ever before. These games captivate a television audience of tens of millions throughout the year and throughout the world. But how do you keep track of all the players? The Wisden Guide to International Cricket (formerly known as The ESPNCricinfo Guide to International Cricket) is the answer. The 2014 edition of this already popular annual paperback will contain crisply written profiles of everyone expected to appear in a Test match in 2014. Published in November 2013, at the beginning of international cricket's busiest time of year and just ahead of the Ashes series, this is the only guide that tells you HOW they play as well as what they've achieved. The 200 players featured in the book all get full-page treatment, with a photograph alongside a career summary in words, facts and figures. And to back up the profiles, there are quick-fire records for every country, and up-to-date statistics from www.cricinfo.com, the world's biggest cricket website. The Wisden Guide to International Cricket is the essential companion for every cricket lover, and the ideal complement to the long-standing Spring bestseller Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1867

2020-04-23
Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1867

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  • Author: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
  • ISBN: 1472983297
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 168

Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published in 1864, and a new edition has been published every year since then. While limited-edition reprints of every edition of Wisden from 1864 to 1946 have been published over the past few decades, collecting these limited-edition reprints is not cheap as each one has normally been priced between £50 and £100. Now, for the first time, John Wisden & Co is offering a digital version of the 1866 edition, to allow cricket lovers more affordable access to this historic book which forms such a significant part of the game's great heritage.

Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Cricket

2010-10-04
Firsts, Lasts & Onlys of Cricket

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  • Author: Paul Donnelley
  • Publisher: Hamlyn
  • ISBN: 0600622533
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 224

200 brilliant and bizarre curiosities highlighting the First, Last and Onlys that have occurred during the illustrious history of this sport - from the determined cricketers fined for playing on the Sabbath to the only virtuoso to score a century and take all ten wickets in a single innings. This absorbing collection of stories is guaranteed to enthral and includes some of the greatest gentleman to have graced the field of play, such as: The first player to bat on all 5 days of a test match. The last incidence of under-armed bowling in an international match. The only father and son to score centuries in the same First Class innings.Delight in a myriad of facts that you never knew about this glorious game.

The Original Laws of Cricket

2008
The Original Laws of Cricket

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  • Author: Bodleian Library
  • Publisher:
  • ISBN:
  • Category : Sports & Recreation
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 66

Of all the rules governing sport, the laws of cricket are among the oldest. The first written rules of 1744 survive uniquely on the border of a piece of linen at the MCC Museum of Cricket. They were drawn up by certain 'Noblemen and Gentlemen' at a time when gambling on cricket matches was rife. The 'laws' were codified to ensure a fair outcome when so much was riding on the game. The story of the evolution of these laws and how they affected the game is a fascinating and seldom told chapter in the history of cricket.Following on from the success of The Rules of Association Football 1863 and The Original Rules of Rugby, this book reproduces the complete text of the original laws and is illustrated with images from the unique manuscript held at the MCC as well as images of the game from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It also includes what is thought to be the first known image of cricket dating from a fourteenth-century manuscript now in the Bodleian Library.