This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by Robert Eastaway, a world authority on the sport, and co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamental 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:
Cricket's history
Making sense of the action on the field
Batsmen and the batting order
Fielders and fielding positions
Fielding and batting tactics
Scoring and statistics
Bowling strategy
How many players are required
How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won
Umpires and the rules
Bowlers and their individual styles
Different types of cricket played throughout the world
This is the definitive beginner's guide to the game of cricket, written by Robert Eastaway, a world authority on the sport, and co-inventor of the Coopers & Lybrand World Cricket Ratings System. Cricket Explained takes the reader from the game's fundamental 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:
Cricket's history
Making sense of the action on the field
Batsmen and the batting order
Fielders and fielding positions
Fielding and batting tactics
Scoring and statistics
Bowling strategy
How many players are required
How runs are scored, outs are made, and a game is won
Umpires and the rules
Bowlers and their individual styles
Different types of cricket played throughout the world
Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime
144Cricket Explained: From Grubbers to Googlies - A Beginner's Guide to the Great English Pastime
144Paperback(1st ed)
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780312094119 |
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Publisher: | St. Martin's Publishing Group |
Publication date: | 03/15/1993 |
Edition description: | 1st ed |
Pages: | 144 |
Sales rank: | 693,720 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.34(d) |