- Hardcover: 320 pages
- Publisher: Doubleday (5 Jun 2009)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0385614993
- ISBN-13: 978-0385614993
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.8 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 199,032 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The definitive history of English cricket told in typically irreverent fashion by the William Hill Award-winning author of A Lot of Hard Yakka.
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Cricket defines Englishness like no other national pastime. From its earliest origins in the sixteenth century (or an early version played by shepherds called creag in the 1300s), through the formation of the MCC and the opening of Lord's cricket ground in 1787, to the spread of county cricket in the next century, when the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack was first published and the Ashes series was born, this simple sport of bat and ball has captured the imagination of the masses. Throughout its 500-year history, cricket has been a mirror for society as a whole, reflecting the changes that have brought us from the quintessential village green to Freddie Flintoff's pedalo, from W G Grace to Monty Panesar, via a fair number of eccentrics, heroes and downright villains. William Hill Award-winning writer Simon Hughes, no mean player himself, has lived and breathed cricket his whole life and now takes his analytical skills and typically irreverent eye to charting the history of English cricket. But this is no dry, dusty tome. It is the story of the mad characters who inhabit the game, the extraordinary lengths people will go to to watch and play it, the tale of a national obsession. It debunks the myth of cricket sportsmanship, showing the origins of sledging and match-fixing in centuries of subterfuge, corruption and violence. And it takes us beyond sport, to the heart of what it really means to be English.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I used to be a TV cricket widow until 2005 - I loved every word of this book - the history bits - the funny bits and finished it just in time for the Ashes so I am now giving bits of info to my cricket mad other half - what a way to spend retirement - watching cricket on TV and reading cricket books - but this was certainly the best. His sense of humour is a delight.
43 of 45 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is an outstanding book, perhaps his best yet - a bit like his bowling ; pacy, incisive, slightly unpredictable and mostly pretty accurate. It's also funny ( a characteristic which Viv Richards might say his bowling also shared). Any cricket-lover is bound to enjoy it - make a good birthday or Christmas present !
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
What a gem of a book.For any cricket lovers, a good cricket book is a must- & this one is one of the best that i`ve ever read. Superbly written, very funny in parts, (more than once i was told off by work collegues for laughing out loud,non cricket lovers-heathens!)Was`nt a bad bowler in his day, but a helluva writer,so if you looking for a good, funny read, do yourself a favour & buy this book, you wont be dissapointed
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AND GODCREATED CRICKET BOOK
Bought this book for my cricket loving brother. He was very pleased with it and I have found Simon Hughes to be a very entertaining writer.
Published 4 months ago by LIS
Once I got beyond the first 100 pages, I really enjoyed this
Simon Hughes' selected highlights of cricket's history, from about 1300 till the start of 2009. It's a good effort, apparently well researched and with lots of nuggets of... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Andy
Cricket history with a sense of humor
Great book by cricket pundit (and former bowler) Simon Hughes. If you like your histories mixed with humor and plenty of British pop culture references, this is the book for you... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Jeff White
Very enjoyable - eventually
I eventually enjoyed this book very much. I have a lot of respect for Simon Hughes's knowledge of the game and have enjoyed his previous books. Read more
Published on 21 April 2010 by Sid Nuncius
Several Chips on Both Shoulders
"And God Created Cricket" bills itself as "An Irreverent History of the English Game and How Other People (like Australians) Got Annoyingly Good at it", and traces the history of... Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2010 by J C E Hitchcock
He's a commentator, not a writer
I love Simon the Analyst, but he should stick to that. Shame, as he's obviously put a lot of research into this, but it comes out as weak schoolboy humour. Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2009 by M. Evans
The best without a doubt
There are a lot of fine, and some very funny, books about cricket. If you only buy one, this must be it. Funny, perceptive, and hugely informative.
Published on 27 Aug 2009 by Neil French
Irreverent potted history of English cricket told in Hughes normal...
Personally I don't, think you can give even a potted history of English cricket in around 300 pages but Simon Hughes has had a jolly good go with And God Created Cricket. Read more
Published on 10 Aug 2009 by russell clarke
And God Created Cricket
This book was in fact a present for my son-in-law, who stated that he thoroughly enjoyed the book and would highly recommend it.
Published on 11 July 2009 by C. F. Smitheman
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