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The Cricket Pocket Bible

by Greg Vaughan
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011

The perfect gift for every cricket fan When was the first Ashes held? Who holds the highest individual Test runs score? And what exactly is a silly mid-off? Find the answer to all these and more inside The Cricket Pocket Bible, a pocket compendium of cricketing trivia and titbits about...

The Cricket War

The Story of Kerry Packer's World Series Cricket

by Gideon Haigh
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2017

One of The Times' 50 Greatest Sports Books In May 1977, the cricket world awoke to discover that a thirty-nine-year-old Sydney Businessman called Kerry Packer had signed thirty-five elite international players for his own televised 'World Series'. The Cricket War is the definitive account of...

The County Cricket Ground Quiz Book

101 Questions on Cricket Ground History

by Nigel Freestone
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2013

Do you spend your summer at cricket matches throughout England and Wales? Have you visited any of the national cricket grounds? Are up to date on all the interesting events that have taken place at those famous cricket venues over the years? If you answered yes to any of these questions you are certain...

101 Quirky Cricket Facts

by Hugh Larkin
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2014

Do you like cricket? Are you interested in cricket related trivia? Would you like to find out more about the history of this popular team game? If so, you are sure to enjoy 101 Quirky Cricket Facts? Why are the wickets in the game of cricket called ‘stumps’? What unusual item did Alan Knott, 1960s...

Eden Gardens

Legend & Romance

by Raju Mukherji
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015

Eden Gardens, the heritage cricket venue, celebrates 150 years of uninterrupted cricket in 2014. On an autumn morn in 1864, the pioneers of Calcutta Cricket Club first pitched wickets on this sacred plot of land. Since then Eden has witnessed, over the seasons, prominent performers duelling in splendour,...

Empire, War & Cricket in South Africa

Logan of Matjiesfontein

by Dean Allen
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2015

Cecil John Rhodes once said he had only met two creators in South Africa: himself and James Douglas Logan, the Scottish-born founder of Matjiesfontein. Logan immigrated to South Africa in 1877 at the age of nineteen and almost immediately began amassing a fortune through business, politics and his...

The SWEETEST ROSE

150 years of Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863-2013

by David Warner
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2012

The SWEETEST ROSE 150 years of Yorkshire County Cricket Club 1863-2013 David Warner Foreword by David Hopps Great Northern Books The rich and detailed history of the world’s most famous cricket club, in all its guts and glory. The Sweetest...

Cricket For Dummies

by Julian Knight
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2013

A complete guide to cricket for players and fans alike Whether you're a budding player or aspiring armchair expert, Cricket For Dummies helps you get to grips with this fascinating sport. Completely revised and updated for the first back-to-back Ashes series in 38 years, this hands-on guide...

The Psychology of Cricket: Developing Mental Toughness [Cricket Academy Series]

by Stewart Cotterill, Jamie Barker
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013

The mental side of cricket is what separates the best players from the rest. Technical, tactical, and physical preparation are important for top class performances but it is often what happens inside a player’s mind that is the difference between success and failure. Whether batting, bowling,...

Cricket Explained

From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime

by Robert Eastaway
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2016

Revised and Updated for 2016! 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,...

Test Cricket

The unauthorised biography

by Jarrod Kimber
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015

Test Cricket is an odyssey into cricket’s heart and history, filled with heroes, villains, laughter, tears, bats and balls.No subject has escaped cricket writer and filmmaker Jarrod Kimber in his chronicling of Test match cricket. He takes cricket fans through all the seismic events in cricket’s...

The Authors XI

A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon

by Bloomsbury Publishing
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013

Cricket has perhaps held more writers in its thrall than any other sport: many excellent books have been written about it, and many great authors have played it. The Authors Cricket Club used to play regularly against teams made up of Publishers and Actors. They last played in 1912, and include among...

The Times Cricket Quiz Book: 2000 questions on English and International Cricket

by Chris Bradshaw
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009

The definitive cricket quiz book with 2000 quality questions on all aspects of the game. Since England won the Ashes in 2005 cricket has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity. This book will appeal to quiz goers but also to cricket enthusiasts to enjoy as an informative read.Some of the facts and brainteasers...

The Indian Mouse Cricket Caper

by Mark Trenowden
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2016

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 normal. It is the end of the cricket season and the England team are set to embark on a tour of India....

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